Israeli Forces Kill Palestinian Gunman in West Bank Clash: Military
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by Reuters and Algemeiner Staff
Members of Israeli border police patrol near the scene of a security incident at an Israeli military base near Jenin in the West Bank, May 7, 2021. REUTERS/Raneen Sawafta
Israeli forces shot and killed a Palestinian gunman on Thursday during a clash in the West Bank, the military and Palestinian officials said.
The incident occurred in the Palestinian city of Nablus, which the military said soldiers had entered to detain a Palestinian, whom it did not identify.
“Some Palestinian gunmen began firing at the soldiers, prompting them to respond and kill one of them,” a military spokesman wrote on Twitter. “The wanted man was arrested. There were no casualties among our forces.”
The gunman was identified as Bakeer Hashash, a member of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’s Fatah movement, the group said. Activists distributed posters of Hashash clutching an M16 assault rifle.
Abbas blamed Israel for the death. “All sides must bear responsibility before the situation spirals out of control,” he said.
Abbas’s security forces organized a military funeral march for Hashash in Nablus, attended by hundreds of Palestinians.
