JEDDAH: Israeli forces killed two Hamas militants on Thursday in a shootout in the occupied West Bank.
The Palestinian Health Ministry identified the two dead men as Abdul Rahman Atta, 23, and Huthaifa Faris, 27. Hamas said they were members of its armed wing.
Israel’s military said the gunfight erupted after soldiers identified a “suspicious vehicle” near Shufa village.
The Palestinian Red Crescent Society said Israeli forces prevented their crews from treating the two men and removed the bodies from the scene at a checkpoint.
Following the shootings, Palestinians gathered on a road around bloodstains that had been marked out by leaves arranged in a heart shape on the ground.
Violence also rocked the Tulkarem refugee camp during a raid by Israeli forces.
The military said forces had engaged in “an exchange of fire” and that militants hurled explosives at them. As they withdrew from the camp, five Israeli police officers were wounded by an explosive device.
Both Hamas and the Islamic Jihad militant group said their fighters ambushed Israeli forces in Tulkarem, using improvised explosive devices.
They “detonated a number of IEDs against the vehicles storming the camp, then engaged in clashes” at close range with the Israeli forces, Hamas said.
At least 245 Palestinians have been killed by Israel in a surge in violence this year in the occupied West Bank, including attacks by illegal Jewish settlers.
Israeli troops kill two Palestinians in West Bank clash
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Israeli troops kill two Palestinians in West Bank clash
- The Hamas and Islamic Jihad factions said their men were fighting soldiers at the time
Senegalese president meets Kuwaiti crown prince ahead of Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week
- Bassirou Diomaye Faye visits Kuwait and the UAE this week to strengthen his country’s ties with Gulf nations
LONDON: The president of Senegal, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, arrived in Kuwait on Monday for an official visit before traveling on to the UAE to participate in Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week.
Faye, who was accompanied by ministers responsible for national transformation, African integration, foreign affairs, finance and water management, held talks with Kuwait’s crown prince, Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, on a number of issues, officials said.
The president aims to strengthen ties between Senegal and Gulf countries during his visits to Kuwait and the UAE this week, his office said. And on Jan. 14 and 15 he will take part in the final two days of Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week, described as a significant annual, international event dedicated to addressing the challenges related to sustainable development, energy transition and innovation.
Faye was welcomed on arrival in Kuwait by the country’s prime minister, Ahmad Abdullah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah; the deputy assistant foreign minister for African affairs, Naif Mohammed Al-Mudhaf; and other officials.
