Israeli troops kill 4 Palestinians in West Bank clashes

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

By ILAN BEN ZION

JERUSALEM (AP) — At least four Palestinian gunmen were killed in shootouts with Israeli security forces during a sweeping West Bank arrest operation cracking down on the Islamic militant group Hamas on Sunday, the Israeli military said.

It was the deadliest violence between Israeli troops and Palestinian militants in the occupied West Bank in recent weeks and came amid heightened tensions following this year’s 11-day war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip.

The Palestinian Health Ministry said a Palestinian was shot dead near the northern West Bank city of Jenin and three others were killed in Biddu, north of Jerusalem. The Israeli military said an officer and soldier suffered serious injuries during the arrest in Burqin, near Jenin, and were airlifted to a hospital for medical treatment.

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said in a statement that Israeli security forces in the West Bank moved against Hamas operatives “that were about to execute terror attacks in the very immediate future.”



Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett speaks during a memorial ceremony on the 48th anniversary of the Yom Kippur War between Israel and Arab states in 1973, at Mt. Herzl in Jerusalem, Sunday, Sept. 19 2021. (Ohad Zwigenberg/Pool via AP)


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[Tetrachloride]

1. Body cams, pathology report, weapons inventory, names.

maps, name of unit, witnesses.

[mjvpi]

3. If only there were that level of accountability in that mess.

[Devil Child]

6. For what purpose?

Hamas has stated that those killed were members of their organization.

[Tetrachloride]

8. Were the dead people armed ?

I want to know if there was probable cause.

How old were they?

What were their names ? any tangible evidence

[Devil Child]

10. Yes

According to both Israeli government and Hamas press statements.

Hamas states in a press release today "...mourns the Palestinian martyrs who were killed by the occupation while defending the occupied cities of Jerusalem and Jenin."

Defending as in armed and engaged in combat with the Israeli Defense Forces.

If Hamas has no problem acknowledging the "martyrdom" of their fighters in combat with the IDF why should anyone else?

You can use a search engine of your choosing to verify the above.

[George II]

2. Another example of the constant threat of terrorist attacks that Israel faces day to day.

[Tetrachloride]

4. I can't agree except rhetorically unless i see evidence.

I see security with automatic rifles every day. My area happens to be safe. and every body has a phone with a camera.

Why not soldiers in those events.

[George II]

14. Hamas is not "security", they're terrorists.

[mjvpi]

5. I see what you mean. According to the United Nations statistics, since 2008

250 Israelis have died and 5600 were injured. This is despite having the Iron Dome missile interception system and the most modern military in the Middle East.

5,600 Palestinians have died and 115,000 have been injured during that same period.

[George II]

9. Do the statistics include where they were killed and by whom?

[mjvpi]

11. No, they do not. Thanks to the settlement process in occupied Palestinian territories

13% of the population is Identified as Jewish, so some of the deaths identified as Israeli could have occurred in occupied territories, I suppose. I’m sure that there would be great uproar if Israel was killing its own citizens, right?

An eye for an eye makes for many blind people. Peace.

[George II]

15. So we don't know how or why those 5,600 Palestinians were killed, or who killed them.

[Devil Child]

7. Good for Israel and the Palestinian Authority targeting Hamas in the West Bank.

4 less Hamas members is welcome news.

[Elessar Zappa]

12. Good.

Fuck Hamas and all other terrorists.

[Devil Child]

13. +1 Elessar Zappa

[nowforever]

16. Solution

I think I have the answer to the conflict. Lets do a swap, move the state of Texas to where Israel sits and Israel to where it sits. I would love to have Israel as a close neighbor and I think the strong willed and independent people of Texas will do just fine.

[joetheman]

17. Operative word: "Occupied territories" nt

[Beastly Boy]

18. True, although not necessarily in the most commonly expected way.

According to the fourth Geneva convention, the Hamas militants, by attacking the military personnel of an occupying force, forfeited all their rights afforded to an occupied people by the said convention, and were rightfully treated as belligerent combatants.