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West Bank Raid Leaves 1 Dead, 4 Injured05/04 06:12
NABLUS, West Bank (AP) -- One Palestinian man was killed and four others
seriously wounded during an Israeli military raid in the Israeli-occupied West
Bank city of Nablus on Sunday, the Palestinian Red Crescent said.
The Palestinian Health Ministry said the man's wife was in labor at a local
hospital when she was informed of his death.
The Red Crescent said five people were hit by gunfire during an Israeli
military operation. Nayef Firas Ziad Samaro, 26, was killed, according to the
Health Ministry, and his body was brought to the hospital where his wife was
giving birth. Additionally, a 12-year-old was shot in the shoulder, according
to the Red Crescent.
The raid took place as schools were letting out for the day, in an area
crowded with civilians, witnesses said.
Israel's military in a statement said it responded to a confrontation in the
Nablus area in which several "terrorists" threw rocks toward soldiers. Soldiers
fired and "several hits were identified."
Palestinians, rights groups and international observers are warning about
the worsening violence, where young Palestinian men are being killed with
increasing regularity amid a broader climate of arson, vandalism and the
displacement of farming communities near Jewish settlements and outposts in the
West Bank.
At least 42 Palestinians have been killed since the start of the year,
according to the United Nations humanitarian office. Armed settlers were
responsible for at least 11 of those fatalities.
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