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militant Islamic Jihad group claimed the 18-year-old as a
member. In a statement, they said he was shot while confronting
Israeli soldiers who raided the village of Kafr Dan near the
northern West Bank city of Jenin.
The Israeli military said soldiers opened fire at suspects who
shot at and hurled an explosive device at its forces during a
weapons search operation in Kafr Dan. "A hit was identified," it
said in a statement.
Violence in the West Bank violence has surged for over a year,
with stepped up Israeli military raids, increased settler
assaults on Palestinian villages and a spate of Palestinian
attacks targeting Israelis.
On Tuesday, three Palestinians were killed during a military
raid on Jenin, among them a 15-year-old who was shot by Israeli
special forces after he discovered them as he was leaving his
grandfather's house, according to rights group Defense for
Children International - Palestine.
Israel occupied the West Bank, which Palestinians want as the
core of an independent state, in a 1967 Middle East war. It has
since built Jewish settlements there that most countries deem
illegal.
The expansion of settlements under Prime Minister Benjamin
Netanyahu's far-right government have strained ties between the
Israeli leader and President Joe Biden, who met in New York this
week for the first time since Netanyahu returned to power in
December.
U.S.-sponsored statehood negotiations collapsed in 2014 and
current diplomatic efforts seem to be focused on forging a
historic deal between Israel and Saudi Arabia.
Addressing the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday,
President Abbas said Middle East peace was achievable only when
Palestinians achieve "their full rights." He called on the UN to
convene a peace conference to "salvage the two-state solution."
(Reporting by Ali Sawafta and Henriette Chacar; Editing by James
Mackenzie and Christina Fincher)
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