Ahmed Kahla, 45, is the thirteenth Palestinian to be killed by Israelis in 15 days.
Israeli troops have shot and killed a Palestinian man close to the occupied West Financial institution metropolis of Ramallah, the Palestinian Well being Ministry mentioned.
Based on the Palestinian information company WAFA, witnesses mentioned the person was shot on Sunday after he had an argument with Israeli troopers at a checkpoint close to the village of Silwad, north-east of Ramallah.
The person, named by the well being ministry as 45-year-old Ahmed Kahla, was reportedly informed to get out of his automobile earlier than being shot. Kahla’s son, Qusai, mentioned that he had been within the automobile when it was stopped.
“Troopers got here and so they sprayed pepper spray on my face and pulled me out of the automobile,” the 18-year-old Qusai mentioned.
“I don’t know what occurred after that,” he added. “I discovered from my uncle that my dad was killed.”
The Israeli navy had mentioned that its troopers had noticed a “suspicious” car that had refused to cease for an inspection, earlier than a conflict broke out after they tried to detain one of many occupants, who tried to lunge for a soldier’s weapon.
The Palestinian international ministry condemned Kahla’s killing, and known as it a “heinous execution”.
The loss of life takes the variety of Palestinians killed by Israelis this yr to 13.
Greater than 170 Palestinians have been killed within the occupied West Financial institution and east Jerusalem final yr, together with Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, who was killed whereas reporting in Jenin in Could.
The United Nations known as it the deadliest yr within the West Financial institution since 2006.
In March 2021, Israel stepped up raids throughout the occupied West Financial institution after a spate of assaults by Palestinians on Israelis that killed 19 individuals between March and Could.
Close to-daily raids have led to tons of of arrests of Palestinians, house demolitions and elevated stress, with a brand new mass Palestinian rebellion, or Intifada, a chance.
That’s significantly the case in mild of Israel’s new far-right authorities, which has taken a good more durable line on the Palestinians than its predecessor, together with plans to withhold tax cash from the Palestinian Authority and cease Palestinians from constructing on 60 % of the occupied West Financial institution.
The Palestinian international ministry mentioned that Israel’s management has made it “simple for troopers to kill any Palestinian with out them posing any hazard to the occupation troopers”.
Newly-formed Palestinian armed teams have emerged within the final yr, working independently of conventional teams akin to Fatah or Hamas. The Israeli navy has been making an attempt to crack down on the teams in an ongoing operation known as “Break the Wave”.
Palestinians see the raids as an extra entrenchment of Israel’s open-ended, 55-year occupation of lands they search for his or her future impartial state.