© Reuters. Israeli troops stand guard at a taking pictures scene, in Huwara, within the Israeli-occupied West Financial institution, March 19, 2023. REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman
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JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel’s ambulance service mentioned one man had been critically wounded when his car got here beneath hearth in a flashpoint city within the Israeli-occupied West Financial institution on Sunday, with out giving particulars on the identities of these concerned.
The Israeli army mentioned it acquired a report of a “taking pictures incident” in Huwara, a city that has been a spotlight of Israeli-Palestinian violence in latest weeks, with out giving additional particulars.
Israel’s Magen David Adom ambulance service mentioned it was treating one man who had been shot within the higher a part of his physique.
The incident occurred as Israeli and Palestinian officers met in Egypt for talks aimed toward calming a surge in violence.
Final month a Palestinian gunman killed two Israelis driving by way of Huwara, an assault that triggered a rampage by Jewish settlers who killed a Palestinian man and torched dozens of homes and automobiles.
The Israeli-occupied West Financial institution has seen a surge of confrontations in latest months, with near-daily army raids and escalating settler violence amid a spate of assaults by Palestinians.
Over the previous 12 months, Israeli forces have made hundreds of arrests within the West Financial institution and killed greater than 200 Palestinians, together with fighters and civilians.
Greater than 40 Israelis and three Ukrainians have died in Palestinian assaults in the identical interval.