JENIN, Palestinian Territories — Four
Palestinians were killed in separate incidents across the occupied territory
Sunday, the latest being a teen who died Monday as Israeli forces launched a
third day of operations in Jenin.
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At least 20 Palestinians were arrested overnight,
according to the Israeli army. Tensions have soared since a spree of attacks in
Israel left 14 people dead in the past three weeks, with Prime Minister Naftali
Bennett warning the Jewish state is now “on the offensive”.
A teen on a motorcycle, Mohamed Zakarneh, 17, was
the latest fatality, succumbing to gunshot wounds overnight, the Wafa news
agency said. Israeli forces were targeting relatives of Raad Hazem, the
28-year-old Jenin man who last Thursday killed three Israeli civilians and
wounded 12 at a Tel Aviv bar before he was shot dead following a massive
manhunt.
Israeli soldiers Sunday engaged in an exchange of
gunfire involving Hazem’s brothers and also demanded the father hand himself
in, ahead of the planned demolition of the family home, a punitive measure that
human rights groups like B’Tselem say is tantamount to collective punishment,
according to Al-Jazeera News.
Thousands of mourners flooded the streets of
Jenin on Monday for the funerals of those killed, many carrying Palestinian flags or
rifles.
A total of 14 people in Israel have been killed in
four attacks since March 22, including a shooting spree in Bnei Brak, an
Orthodox Jewish city in greater Tel Aviv, carried out by a Palestinian from
Jenin.
Over the same period, at least 14 Palestinians have
been killed, including assailants, according to a count by AFP.
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