The Israeli security forces have stepped up their operations in the West Bank in recent months, carrying out almost daily raids to arrest suspects after a spate of deadly attacks inside Israel, that has left several civilians dead.
On Wednesday, a woman approaching soldiers with a knife was shot, and later that day a man was killed in an Israeli raid in the northern West Bank. It did not elaborate on the reasons for his detention, but the Islamic militant group Hamas said he was one of its fighters. The Palestinian Prisoners Club, which advocates on behalf of Palestinians in Israeli jails, said the man killed had been released from an Israeli jail in 2014. 'The escalation in field executions is clear evidence that the ruling Israeli coalition is implementing the plans and policies of the right and far right in the occupying state,' it said. Palestinian foreign ministry condemned the killing. Pictured: People attend funeral ceremony for Palestinian Eymen Mahmud, who was killed in an Israeli raid, June 2 Israeli troops shot dead a teen in the West Bank on Thursday, the Palestinian health ministry said, the fourth Palestinian killed in the occupied territory in two days.
