Undercover Israeli Special Forces shot dead a Palestinian man inside a hospital in occupied West Bank Thursday, Palestinian Ministry of Health said.
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The demolitions came hours after two Israelis were shot dead in an apparent ambush near the flashpoint West Bank city of Hebron on Friday in the most serious attack on Israelis in almost a month.
The incident occurred south of the settlement of Otniel near Hebron, which has been a focus of violence in recent weeks.
Israeli forces have sparked outrage after disguising themselves as locals and killing a Palestinian man during a raid at a West Bank hospital.
Heavily bearded Israeli commandos, including one disguised as a pregnant woman in a wheelchair, entered a hospital in an early morning raid.
The ministry said that 65 Palestinians were injured on Friday by live ammunition, five critically.
But the peace hasn’t stopped violent action by Palestinian youth who say they have little to lose by engaging Israel in another conflict, Haaretz reported.
Israeli forces took less than a week to arrest the alleged perpetrators of an attack that killed two settlers on 1 October and sparked the latest wave of violence.
On Thursday, the Israel Security Agency, or Shin Bet, published a report of terrorist attacks in October, which counted 620 incidents that ended with the death of 10 Israelis and one foreign national living in Israel, and the injuring of over 80 people.
That same day, 22-year-old Issa al-Shalalda, from the village of Sair near Hebron, died from wounds he sustained a day earlier after being shot during confrontations with Israeli forces.
The clashes erupted following the funeral of Mr Shalaldeh’s relative, shot dead during an undercover Israeli raid on a hospital in Hebron to seize a suspect in the stabbing of an Israeli.
Meanwhile, a Hebron hospital said a Palestinian was shot and killed in clashes with Israeli security forces near the city on Friday.
On 6 November, Israeli forces shot and killed 72-year-old Tharwat al-Sharawi, claiming that she meant to ram them with her vehicle.
CCTV footage from inside the hospital showed a large group of men armed with pistols and rifles, a few with beards and others with keffiyeh scarves on their heads, walking through the corridors telling hospital workers to get out of the way.
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The group’s advocacy coordinator, Rafat Sub Laban, told Ma’an at the end of last month, that at least 988 Palestinians had been detained, including 578 in the occupied West Bank, 258 in East Jerusalem, and 152 in Israel. A cousin of the wanted man was killed during the sweep.
