Updated 3/17/23 at 10:10 PM
A Palestinian was killed on Friday in the occupied West Bank by Israeli forces who said the man pulled a knife, a death that brings the number of people killed in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict since early 2023 to 100.
A 23-year-old Palestinian man, identified as Yazan Omar Jamil Khasib, died “after the occupying forces (Israel) opened fire on him at the northern entrance to the town of Al-Bireh near Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, the Health Ministry said in a message with.
86 Palestinians and 12 civilians killed
For its part, the Israeli army said that “soldiers spotted a suspect and asked him to identify himself. The suspect drew a knife and approached the (Israeli) forces, who responded with gunfire. “The attacker was neutralized,” she added in a statement, adding that the incident happened near Beitin, a Palestinian village not far from Al-Bireh, and that no soldier was injured.
The West Bank is a Palestinian territory occupied by Israel since 1967. Since the beginning of the year, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has claimed the lives of 86 Palestinians (including members of armed groups and civilians, including minors), 12 civilians (including three minors) and one Israeli police officer and one Ukrainian, according to an AFP tally that emerged compiled from official Israeli and Palestinian sources.