Israeli occupation forces have killed another Palestinian following a car-ramming operation that left five settlers injured near the city of Jericho in the occupied West Bank.
The Palestinian Information Center, quoting Israeli media, said following the Sunday attack the regime’s forces fatally shot the Palestinian man who was driving the car south of Jericho.
Later in the day, the Palestinian Health Ministry identified the man as Barakat Moussa Odeh, 49, from the village of al-Ezariya, east of the occupied city of al-Quds. It added that Odeh succumbed to the wounds he sustained from Israeli gunfire near the Nabi Moussa junction, south of Jericho.
محدث بالفيديو| استشهاد المنفذ.. إصابة 5 جنود ومستوطنين في عملية دهس مزدوجة بالأغوار
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Israeli medical sources said the injured soldiers and settlers suffered different injuries following the incident. They added that the driver first rammed some Israelis near Nabi Musa village and then continued driving and plowed into a bus stop at Almog Junction, injuring others. The injured settlers were evacuated to hospitals in occupied al-Quds.
Following the incident, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine issued a statement, hailing “the heroic operation” in the West Bank, and adding that “it renewed the emphasis on the need to confront the occupation and its continuing crimes.”
Palestinian resistance movement, Hamas, also welcomed the operation, saying it left six Israeli soldiers and settlers wounded.
In a Sunday statement, the movement said, “The occupation must … get used to the sight of its soldiers lying on the ground … in light of the escalation of its crimes against our people, our land and our holy sites.”
حــــمـــــاس تبارك عملية الأغوار وتدعو شعبنا لتصعيد المقاومة
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The Palestinian Islamic Jihad movement also reacted to Sunday operation, saying it proves “once again the vitality of our people and the valor of our fighters in striking the enemy in Jenin, Nablus, al-khalil and Ramallah.
Source: Agencies (edited by Al-Manar English Website)
