{"id":222346,"date":"2025-01-23T16:05:11","date_gmt":"2025-01-23T16:05:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/23\/israeli-forces-kill-2-men-in-west-bank-they-say-were-wanted-for-murder\/"},"modified":"2025-01-23T16:05:11","modified_gmt":"2025-01-23T16:05:11","slug":"israeli-forces-kill-2-men-in-west-bank-they-say-were-wanted-for-murder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/23\/israeli-forces-kill-2-men-in-west-bank-they-say-were-wanted-for-murder\/","title":{"rendered":"Israeli Forces Kill 2 Men in West Bank They Say Were Wanted for Murder"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/01\/23\/multimedia\/23mideast-ledeall-qfgw\/23mideast-ledeall-qfgw-facebookJumbo.jpg?ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Israeli Forces Kill 2 Men in West Bank They Say Were Wanted for Murder\" title=\"Israeli Forces Kill 2 Men in West Bank They Say Were Wanted for Murder\" \/><\/div><p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Israel\u2019s military on Thursday pressed ahead with <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/01\/22\/world\/middleeast\/why-israel-targeting-jenin.html?searchResultPosition=1\" title=\"\">its offensive in Jenin<\/a>, a city known as a center of militant opposition to the Israeli occupation of the West Bank, killing two men in a siege who were wanted for the murder of three Israelis.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The men, identified on Thursday as Mohamad Nazzal and Qutayba Shalabi, were affiliated with a militant group, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, and had carried out a <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/01\/06\/world\/middleeast\/west-bank-settlers-trump.html\" title=\"\">shooting in the West Bank village<\/a> of Al-Funduq earlier this month targeting an Israeli bus and cars, the Israeli military said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Since the cease-fire in Gaza began this week, Israel has <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/01\/22\/world\/middleeast\/israel-west-bank-jenin-raids.html?searchResultPosition=2\" title=\"\">turned its attention to Jenin<\/a>, in what Israeli officials have called the military\u2019s top priority. It is the latest in a series of operations in search of militants that have churned up roads and left many Gazans hiding in their homes in fear.<span class=\"css-8l6xbc evw5hdy0\">   <\/span>At least 10 people have been killed in <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/01\/22\/world\/middleeast\/why-israel-targeting-jenin.html\" title=\"\">the raids this week,<\/a> and more than 40 others have been wounded, the Palestinian Health Ministry said on Wednesday. <\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The official Palestinian prisoners\u2019 commission said that dozens of people had been arrested.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Israel\u2019s military said in its statement on Thursday that the two militants were killed in a shootout in the village of Burqin, just west of Jenin, the day before. An Israeli soldier was injured.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Hamas-run al-Aqsa TV put out photos of both men and said they were members of its armed wing. At the same time, Palestinian Islamic Jihad acknowledged the death of the two men who it said had conducted the attack. It said that Mr. Nazzal, 25, was a leader of its Jenin battalion. <\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In a statement on Telegram, a social messaging app, it said that he had died \u201cafter engaging in a clash with the enemy forces that besieged him.\u201d It was not clear whether Mr. Nazzal was a member of both groups.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The operation comes amid sharply rising tensions in the West Bank, as the militants have grown in power and <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/08\/18\/world\/middleeast\/israel-settlers-attack-jit-west-bank.html\" title=\"\">settler violence<\/a> against Palestinian civilians has <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/01\/06\/world\/middleeast\/west-bank-settlers-trump.html\" title=\"\">soared<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In the militant attack on June 6, Palestinian gunmen opened fire on a civilian bus and cars. <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/01\/21\/world\/middleeast\/israel-trump-settlers-west-bank-gaza.html\" title=\"\">Israeli settlers attacked<\/a> the village this week along with other towns in the West Bank, setting fire to vehicles and properties, according to Palestinian officials and the Israeli military.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">During its raids in recent years, Israeli bulldozers have torn up roads and water pipes, searching for explosive devices planted by militants.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-2\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mohammad Jarrar, the mayor of Jenin, said thousands had fled the neighborhood known as the Jenin camp, the focus of the Israeli operation. Those who remained were cut off from electricity and running water, he said, creating the potential for a \u201chumanitarian disaster.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cEach time we rebuild, only for the next raid to destroy again,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The city had opened some public shelters to receive people displaced by the Israeli military\u2019s operation, but was struggling to provide them with enough food and supplies, Mr. Jarrar added. <\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Israeli soldiers have set up checkpoints near Jenin\u2019s major public hospital, inspecting every vehicle that entered and left the medical complex, said Wissam Bakr, the hospital director. The troops mostly let ambulances go through relatively quickly after inspection, said Dr. Bakr, but occasionally the soldiers held them up, causing delays.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The Israeli campaign comes after security forces with the Palestinian Authority, which administers some West Bank areas under Israeli occupation, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/12\/14\/world\/middleeast\/palestinian-authority-west-bank-israel.html\" title=\"\">carried out an operation<\/a> of their own in Jenin after largely ceding security there to Israeli forces.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Israel\u2019s latest operation appears to be the most significant since a 10-day raid into the West Bank in August and September that killed 39 people, most of whom died in Jenin, according to Palestinian officials. The raids also demolished homes, shops and roads.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-3\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The United Nations has condemned the violence in the West Bank, and the world\u2019s highest court, the International Court of Justice, issued an <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2024\/07\/19\/world\/israel-gaza-war-hamas\/icj-israel-palestinian-territories-occupation?smid=url-share\" title=\"\">advisory opinion<\/a> in the summer saying that Israel\u2019s occupation of the West Bank and East Jerusalem, and its settlements there, violated international law. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel criticized the opinion and said the settlements are legal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Jenin is a center for Palestinian resistance in the West Bank \u2014 to both Israel\u2019s occupation and the Palestinian Authority \u2014 and many young men there have joined Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad and other armed groups.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/01\/23\/world\/middleeast\/israel-west-bank-jenin.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Israel\u2019s military on Thursday pressed ahead with its offensive in Jenin, a city known as a center of militant opposition to the Israeli occupation of the West Bank, killing two men in a siege who were wanted for the murder of three Israelis. 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