Israeli forces killed a Palestinian militant, Amir Ahmed Mohammed Khalifa, during a raid in the town of Zawata, West Bank. The army reported “counterterrorism activity” in the area.
Israeli forces on Thursday shot dead a Palestinian militant in the occupied West Bank, Palestinian officials and a relative of the deceased said, as the army reported “counterterrorism activity” in the area.
Amir Ahmed Mohammed Khalifa, 27, was killed during a raid on Zawata, a town west of Nablus, the Palestinian health ministry said in a statement.
The Israeli army said a suspect had opened fire on troops early Thursday during “counterterrorism activity” in Nablus, in the northern West Bank.
“Soldiers responded with live fire, and hits were identified,” the army said, but did not specify whether it was the same incident in which Khalifa was killed.
Khalifa, who lived in Ain Beit Ilma refugee camp near Nablus, was “wanted by Israeli forces for two years and had refused to surrender,” a family member, who requested anonymity for security reasons, said.
Khalifa was a member of Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, said the militant group, which is linked to Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas’s Fatah movement, in a statement on social media.
Posters calling him “a martyr, a hero” were distributed in Nablus by members of Fatah hours after his killing, witnesses reported.
Miroslava Salazar, with AFP
