1 Palestinian injured, 3 detained in Israeli raid in West Bank

By Awad Rajoub

RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – One Palestinian was injured and three others were detained in an Israeli military raid in the occupied West Bank on Sunday, according to medics and local media.

Israeli forces raided the town of Birzeit north of Ramallah, triggering clashes with residents during which soldiers used live fire and tear gas canisters, eyewitnesses said.

One Palestinian was injured by Israeli fire during the raid, the Palestinian Red Crescent Society said.

Two Palestinians were also arrested in Ramallah and a third in Birzeit by Israeli forces, the official news agency Wafa reported.

Tensions have been running high across the West Bank since Israel launched a deadly military offensive against the Gaza Strip after a cross-border attack by Hamas last October.

At least 420 Palestinians have since been killed and more than 4,600 others injured by Israeli fire, according to the Health Ministry.

Israel stands accused of genocide at the International Court of Justice, which in an interim ruling in January ordered Tel Aviv to stop genocidal acts and take measures to guarantee that humanitarian assistance is provided to civilians in Gaza, where more than 31,000 people have been killed.

*Writing by Ikram Kouachi