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TUBAS — A Palestine A man died Friday from his wounds after Israeli forces shot him, the Palestinian Ministry of Health said. was shot in the head in the West Bank city of Tubas. His nephew told Reuters he was walking home after morning prayers when Sawafuta was beaten.
Videos circulating on social media show Sawafuta shooting It seemed to reflect the moment just before being killed. Gunshots were heard as Sawafta, dressed in traditional Jalabiya robes, rushed to hide inside the bakery.
Israeli forces said Palestinians in Tuvas threw Molotov his cocktail and opened fire on Israeli forces.
The military arrested five suspects overnight from Tubas and the nearby town of Tamun who were allegedly involved in plotting a "terrorist attack," the military said in a statement.
The extremist Islamic Jihad Group said one of its senior members, his 32-year-old editor Ma'moun Na'eem Bani Odeh, was arrested during the Tamun raid.
"It is clear that the occupation forces are conducting a raid and arrest campaign in the occupied West Bank targeting resistance cadres and the Islamic Jihad movement," said Islamic Jihad. said in a statement.
Earlier this month, Israeli jets struck the blockaded Gaza Strip. The military said it was a preemptive strike to prevent an imminent threat to Israel from Islamic Jihad. Hundreds more were injured. In this battle, more than 1,000 of her rockets were launched towards Israel by Islamic Jihad.
Israeli forces have carried out near-daily raids in the West Bank in recent months after Palestinians in the region staged deadly street attacks in Israel. (Reporting by Raneen Sawafta of Tubas and his Nidal al-Mughrabi of Gaza; additional reporting and writing by Henriette Chacar of Jerusalem; Editing by Mark Heinrich)
