27-05-2025
Palestinian dies in Israeli raid amid escalation in the West Bank
Palestinian medical sources said on Tuesday that clashes broke out during a raid by the Israeli army on currency exchange offices in the West Bank.
A 32-year-old Palestinian was killed by Israeli forces in the northern city of Nablus, the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Ramallah said. The Red Crescent said that several other people were injured, and that one of them was in a critical condition.
The Israeli military said it was investigating the reports.
Israeli and Palestinian media have reported that Israeli forces have been operating in many locations in the West Bank since the morning to crack down on certain currency exchange offices.
The Times of Israel reported the focus is on owners of currency exchange offices suspected of passing money on to militant groups.
According to the Palestinian news agency WAFA, a young man was killed during a raid by the Israeli army in Jericho in the east of the West Bank during the night.
He was reportedly shot dead by Israeli soldiers. The Israeli military said it would also investigate this report.
Palestinian journalist attacked by Israeli settlers
Elsewhere in the West Bank, a Palestinian photojournalist was hospitalized after being attacked by radical Israeli settlers, Palestinian sources reported on Tuesday.
Eyewitnesses and paramedics said Issam Rimawi was beaten and hit in the head with a stone while trying to document an attack by settlers on a Palestinian village. He was taken unconscious to a hospital in nearby Ramallah and is now in a stable condition, they said.
Eyewitnesses said the settlers set fire to a field during the incident. An Israeli military spokesman said the report was being investigated.
WAFA also reported clashes near Ramallah. According to its reports, radical settlers set fire to at least seven Palestinian vehicles in a village south of Nablus and threw stones at houses.
Tensions in the West Bank have intensified since the October 7, 2023, Hamas-led attack on Israel and the subsequent Gaza war.
Since then, more than 920 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli military operations, armed clashes or attacks by extremists, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health. At the same time, there has been increased violence by radical Israeli settlers against Palestinian civilians.
