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Abdul-Rauf Rajeh Hamed Al-Masri, 37.
Hatem Sami Hisham Gheith, 12.
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by IMEMC News
Oct 9/2024

On Tuesday night, Israeli soldiers killed a Palestinian man, after surrounding his home, in Aqaba town, north of Tubas in the northeastern part of the occupied West Bank, and took his corpse before withdrawing.

Media sources said Israeli undercover forces infiltrated the town and surrounded a house, before additional military vehicles invaded it.

Media sources in the town, said the soldiers fired an Energa shells at the home, killing the Palestinian.

Sources from the Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) said their crews received a report of an injury inside the besieged house, but Israeli forces detained the injured young man, abducted him, and withdrew.

The army later confirmed the death of the slain Palestinian, identified Abdul-Rauf Rajeh Hamed Al-Masri, 37, but refused to allow the release of his corpse.

During the invasion, Palestinian resistance fighters exchanged fire with the soldiers; the Al-Quds Brigades of the Islamic Jihad, said its fighter also detonated an explosive charge near the invading military vehicles, causing damage.

In related news, the soldiers abducted a Palestinian after firing at his car in the eastern area of Yatta town, south of Hebron, in the occupied West Bank’s southern part.

On Monday, Israeli soldiers invaded the Qalandia refugee camp, north of occupied Jerusalem, in the West Bank, fatally shot a Palestinian child, shot seven Palestinians, including three children, and abducted twenty citizens.

In a statement, the Palestinian Health Ministry has confirmed that the soldiers killed a child, identified as Hatem Sami Hisham Gheith, 12.

Israel has now killed 745 Palestinians, including 164 children, 12 women, 10 elders, 1 journalist, and 2 medics in the occupied West Bank, since October 7, 2023.