Two Palestinians killed in latest Israeli raid on West Bank

Israeli forces have also reinvaded the town of Tulkarm just hours after withdrawing. A photo has circulated of a Palestinian detainee tied to the front of a military vehicle during the raid.

On Wednesday morning, a Palestinian customs officer was killed and another injured by Israeli forces who stormed the town of Tubas, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported.

Citing the Palestinian Red Crescent, the report identified the deceased as Abed al-Naser Sarhan, 23, from Balata camp, a member of the customs police.

WAFA said the occupation forces initially stormed the city with special units, and then sent in military reinforcements from the Tayasir checkpoint.

Elsewhere on Wednesday, a Palestinian youth was killed by Israeli forces in the Qalandiya camp, north of the city of Jerusalem.

The slain youth was identified as Ahmed Nidal Aslan.

The Palestinian Red Crescent, reported WAFA, said that eight other Palestinians were injured during a raid on the Qalandiya camp, six of them by live bullets and two having been assaulted.

Israeli forces also blew up the home of slain Palestinian youth Mohammad Manasra after besieging it and forcing the households next door to it to be evacuated. They also raided several homes in the camp and caused widespread destruction.

Israeli military vehicles stormed Tulkarm from its western axis, towards the Ezbet al-Jrad suburb, east of the city, and surrounded a residential building, amidst drones flying overhead.
Several young men were arrested from the besieged house, some of whom were wounded, as traces of blood and bullets were found inside the house, reported WAFA.

Israeli forces used one of the detainees as a human shield after they placed him on the front of a military vehicle, the report said.

Israeli forces have intensified attacks against the occupied West Bank sine the regime launched its genocidal war against the besieged Gaza Strip on October 7 last year.