The Israeli military shot and killed a Palestinian man yesterday during a raid in the West Bank, the Palestinian Ministry of Health said.
The military, which has been carrying out nightly raids in the territory since early last year, said soldiers operating in the Qalandiya refugee camp were being struck by rocks and cement blocks from rooftops above, and responded with live fire.
The ministry identified the man killed as Samir Aslan, 41.
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His death came a day after two Palestinians were killed in separate incidents in the West Bank on Wednesday, one during an Israeli military arrest raid in the territory’s north, and another after stabbing and wounding an Israeli man in a southern settlement.
The raids began in the spring last year after a spate of Palestinian attacks against Israelis killed 19 people.
Israel says they are meant to dismantle militant networks and thwart future attacks.
The Palestinians see them as further entrenchment of Israel’s 55-year, open-ended occupation of land they seek for their future state.
The raids sent tensions soaring and prompted another wave of Palestinian attacks in the fall that killed 10 Israelis.
Nearly 150 Palestinians were killed by Israeli fire in the West Bank and east Jerusalem last year, making it the deadliest year since 2004.
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