JERUSALEM — Two Palestinian men were critically injured by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank on Monday, the Palestinian Health Ministry said, the latest incident in a wave of Israeli-Palestinian violence during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
AP reported that the Israeli military were conducting an arrest raid in the village of Yamun, west of Jenin in the northern West Bank, when dozens of Palestinians started throwing rocks and explosives at the troops, who returned fire.
“The soldiers responded with live ammunition towards the suspects who hurled explosive devices. Hits were identified,” the army said in a statement.
The two wounded men were hospitalised, according to the official Palestinian news agency Wafa.
The military said it arrested 11 Palestinians in raids across the West Bank overnight on Monday.
Israel has sent forces to search through Palestinian cities and villages in search of suspects or accomplices linked to two deadly attacks on Israelis in recent weeks. Earlier this month, a Palestinian gunman opened fire at a crowded Tel Aviv bar, killing three, and fled the scene. He was later killed in a shootout with police after an extensive manhunt.
