JENIN, Palestinian Territories —
Israel occupation forces closed areas near the
Gaza border to civilians Tuesday following the Israeli killing of a Palestinian
teen in Jenin and the overnight arrest of two senior Islamic Jihad members,
Israel and Palestinian sources said.
اضافة اعلان
A 17-year-old
Palestinian was shot dead by Israeli forces during a late Monday raid in the
flashpoint
West Bank district of Jenin.
Islamic Jihad
identified the teenager as Dirar Al-Kafrayni, and said he was a member of the
group and “our heroic martyr”.
A Palestinian
security source, who requested anonymity, told AFP that one of those detained
was Bassem Al-Saadi, a senior figure in Islamic Jihad’s political wing in the
West Bank.
The source
identified the second person detained as Saadi’s son-in-law, a Jenin-based
fundraiser for the resistance movement.
As news of the
deadly raid spread, crowds began to gather in Jenin refugee camp and the nearby
city of
Nablus, as supporters voiced solidarity with Islamic Jihad.
“We declare
alertness and raise the readiness of our mujahideen (fighters),” the group said
in a statement late Monday.
Saadi was injured
by an Israeli army dog during his arrest, the Palestinian source said.
Home to some 2.3
million
Palestinians, Gaza has been under a crippling Israeli blockade since
2007. In the 14 years since Israel has “disengaged” from Gaza, it still
controls all of the strip’s land borders, and access to its sea and airspace,
according to the Palestinian news agency, Wafa.
Israeli occupation
forces have killed at least 55 Palestinians since late March, mostly in the
West Bank, the majority civilians, including Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu
Akleh, who was covering an Israeli raid in Jenin.
Over the same
period, 19 Israelis — both military personnel and non-combatants — have been
killed.
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