Palestinian killed, 3 injured by Israeli army fire in occupied West Bank

By Awad Rajoub

RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) - A Palestinian was killed and three others injured by Israeli army fire in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, according to the Palestine's Health Ministry and Red Crescent Society.

A statement by the ministry said a 39-year-old man was killed by Israeli fire south of Bethlehem in the southern West Bank.

Israeli forces injured two others in clashes east of Nablus, as well as a third north of Tulkarm, the Palestinian Red Crescent Society said.

Tension has been running high across the West Bank amid a deadly Israeli offensive on the Gaza Strip, which has killed more than 37,350 people since last October following a Hamas attack.

At least 549 Palestinians have since been killed and nearly 5,200 injured by Israeli army fire in the occupied territory, according to the Health Ministry.

Israel is accused of “genocide” at the International Court of Justice, which in its latest ruling has ordered Tel Aviv to immediately halt its military operation in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, where more than 1 million Palestinians had sought refuge from the war before it was invaded on May 6.