In a statement, Bilal al-Shalalda said “As soon terror operatives entered the room they tied me to the bed”. When the patient’s cousin Abdullah came out of the bathroom, he was shot multiple times in the head and body, he said. They were shot by a Palestinian gunman, who is still being sought. (My cousin) needed to wash for prayer and was inside the restroom.
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“He remained on the ground bleeding and they hit my brother on his head and took him away”. Roughly two minutes later, the officers were seen pushing a man in a wheelchair, presumably the suspect, back down the hallway.
The forces handcuffed Shalaldeh and a brother who was in the room, then shot and killed another brother, 27-year-old Abdallah, as he emerged from a bathroom, Shawar said.
Israel’s Shin Bet security agency, which participated in Thursday’s raid, said Israel will not allow wanted suspects to seek cover in “places of refuge”.
The attack was immediately condemned by Doctors Without Borders (MSF), which had been treating the abducted man in its Mental Health Support Program “for victims of political violence”.
Israel’s justice ministry said an indictment was filed Friday against an Israeli teenager who attacked a human rights activist last month.
A Palestinian gunman opened fire on Friday, killing an Israeli father and son as they were driving in the West Bank and wounding at least one other person in the auto, Israeli officials said, the latest in a nearly two-month rash of violence and almost daily Palestinian attacks on Israeli civilians and soldiers.
Twelve Israelis have been killed in a spate of attacks by Palestinians, while 78 Palestinians have been killed, 50 of them said by Israel to be attackers, and the remainder killed in clashes with Israeli forces. After stabbing an Israeli settler, his sufferer shot him but managed to escape.
The current unrest was provoked when right-wing Zionist elements, backed by the security forces, began demanding access to the Al-Aqsa mosque complex, clashing with Palestinians, whose access to the mosque has been increasingly restricted.
The raid occurred in Hebron, a volatile city in the southern West Bank that has been a frequent flashpoint of violence during weeks of Israel-Palestinian unrest.
Israeli forces disguised in traditional Arab outfits, including one impersonating a pregnant woman and others appearing to have fake beards, burst into a hospital overnight Thursday, killing one man during a daring arrest raid caught on video that outraged Palestinians. Palestinian media reported that access to several other villages was also closed off.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu extended condolences to the family and vowed Israel would find the “despicable murderers” and judge them severely.
Meanwhile, the draconian Israeli security crackdown continues to intensify. At least 416 Palestinians, including 122 minors, have been detained by Israeli security forces in the first 12 days of November.
The Palestinian Authority health minister accused Israel of committing “terrorism” and an “execution”. The policy of expedited home demolitions was implemented by the government in an attempt to suppress the unrest through a punitive act of collective punishment.
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Of those polled, 72 percent rejected the statement that “Palestinians have no legitimate claim to a land of their own”, and 65 percent said Israel should cede territory in the interests of peace.
