One Palestinian killed in Israeli raid in West Bank

Ramallah, Palestine - At least one Palestinian was killed and another injured by Israeli army gunfire on Sunday during a raid into the Balata refugee camp in eastern city of Nablus, occupied West Bank.

In a statement, the Palestinian Health Ministry said Samer Nasser Rumana, 27, was shot dead by the Israeli forces during a raid into the camp and was moved to Rafidia Governmental Hospital.

Meanwhile, the Palestinian

Red Crescent Society said a 16year-old was also injured by Israeli forces during the raid.

Confrontation between Palestinians and Israeli forces broke out in the camp, according to witnesses.

Tensions have been running high across the West Bank since Israel launched a deadly military offensive against the Gaza Strip.

Nearly 500 Palestinians have since been killed and around 4,900 others injured by Israeli army fire in the occupied territory, according to the Health Ministry. The Israeli army also detained 28 more Palestinians in military raids in the occupied West Bank on Sunday, according to prisoners’ affairs groups.

Several children were among the detainees in the raids that occurred in the cities of Jenin, Jericho, Ramallah, Bethlehem, Hebron, and Qalqilya, the Commission of Detainees’ Affairs and the Palestinian Prisoner Society said in a joint statement.