According to Palestinian news agency Wafa, Israeli troops killed a 53-year-old Palestinian near the separation barrier in the northern city of Qalqilya on the west bank under occupation.
Victims identified by the Palestinian Ministry of Health as Nabil Ahmed Ganem was shot dead near the village of Jaljulia on Sunday. He was a resident of the city of Nablus, on the northern west bank.
The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Sunday’s shooting was a “field execution.”
Wafa reported that Ghanem was shot while he was trying to cross the separation barrier. He was one of the tens of thousands of Palestinians on the west bank who regularly seek work in Israel.
An Israeli military spokesman said the army fired at a “suspect who was destroying a safety fence,” which Palestinians and many human rights groups call the “wall of apartments.” The International Court of Justice in The Hague ordered the walls to be broken after Israel declared it illegal. Nevertheless, the walls that severely restrict the movement of Palestinians remain. According to the Palestinian trade union, about 165,000 Palestinians enter Israel daily with work permits. Some have a permit to work in Israel, while others try to cross the border without a permit. It is unknown if Ghanem had the necessary documents to pass the checkpoint. His body was taken by Israeli authorities to the Meir Medical Center in Kfar Saba, Israel.
This year, more than 60 Palestinians were killed by Israeli troops and many were attacked, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health. Since March, at least 19 people have been killed in Israeli attacks by Palestinians.
In the recent clash that occurred on Sunday near a military checkpoint southwest of Tarkarm, northwest of the occupied West Bank, security sources told Wafa that five Palestinians had been arrested.
Israeli troops also detained 13 Palestinians after attacking the town of Balter, southwest of Genin. Montasser Samoa, director of the Jennin Prison Club, told Wafa that the assault targeted residential buildings.
