Israel says man planning attack killed in West Bank

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Israeli armed forces have killed a man, planning an attack in the near future in an operation in the West Bank.

The police, in a statement on Tuesday narrated that two other Palestinian militants were neutralised during the operation in the city of Qualqilya by the police, the military and the Istrael’s domestic intelligence service, Shin Bet.

It said that they did not provide any further details on the condition of the two.

The military arm of Palestinian Islamist Hamas said the man ,who was killed, had been a member of the organisation.

A special police unit and soldiers entered the town in the north-west of the Palestinian territory in search of the man who was reportedly planning an attack on Israeli citizens.

The suspect fired at the forces, who returned fire and used shoulder-launched rockets, a drone with explosives and live ammunition, the statement said.

The Palestinian man was killed in the process.

A young Palestinian man was killed and two others were injured in the attack on Tuesday morning, according to Palestinian news agency WAFA.

It said that Israeli forces had initially surrounded a shop where the Palestinian was located.

The man, a former prisoner, was initially asked to surrender.

Israeli forces then used rockets and other weapons to fire on the shop.

The situation in the occupied West Bank, already tense, has worsened significantly since the massacre carried out by Hamas in Israel on Oct. 7, 2023.

The result of the war in Gaza led to mass destruction of the coastal strip.

The number of fatalities in the West Bank has risen significantly due to Israeli military operations, armed clashes and attacks by extremists.

There has also been a spike in violence by radical Israeli settlers targeting Palestinians in the area.

Israel conquered the West Bank and East Jerusalem, among other territories, during the Six-Day War in 1967.

Today, around 700,000 Israeli settlers live there among three million Palestinians.

The Palestinians claim the territories for a state of their own, with East Jerusalem as its capital.