Jerusalem
CNN
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Israeli forces stormed the West Bank city of Jenin on Sunday, killing a 14-year-old boy, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health. The ministry said Qusay Radwan Waked was shot in the abdomen.
The target of the attack was the detained Jibril Zubaidi, according to Israeli and Palestinian authorities.
In a joint statement, the Israeli Defense Forces, Border Police and Israeli Security Service said during the raid “armed individuals opened fire on the troops and responded with live ammunition…In addition, suspects threw explosive devices and rocks at the troops.” .
An Israeli statement said it was “aware of reports of numerous armed individuals injured during the exchange of fire.”
A video from Jenin on Sunday showed what appeared to be at least seven Israeli military vehicles entering the city, while another showed smoke billowing up from behind a skyscraper. said Israeli forces used smoke grenades during the raid.
Israelis said Zubeidi was suspected of “planning terrorist activities and attacks against security forces” and was involved in the brief seizure of the body of an Israeli Druze man who died in a car crash in the West Bank in November. There is also a suspicion that
The body of a man, Tiran Fero, was taken from a hospital in Jenin by gunmen demanding the return of the bodies of Palestinians killed by the Israelis. The militants handed over the bodies to the Palestinian Authority’s security services the next day. The Israel Defense Forces said no negotiations took place and no exchange of Ferro’s remains.
Zubeidi previously served 11 years in an Israeli prison, according to Palestinian official news agency WAFA. His Dawoud, one of his brothers, was killed by Israeli forces last year. Another of his brothers, his Zakariya, is also an imprisoned Fatah official in Israel.
