A Palestinian man was killed by Israeli gunfire near Tulkarm in the northern occupied West Bank on the first day of Ramadan, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry on Thursday.
Amir Imad Abou-Khadija, 25, was “shot dead by the occupying Israeli forces” in Tulkarem, the ministry writes, adding that he was hit by multiple bullets, including one in the head.
At the request of AFP, the Israeli army was unable to provide immediate information on the incident, which occurred on the first day of Ramadan and a few days after Israelis and Palestinians held talks in Egypt to raise tensions in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict dismantling is drawn into a new spiral of violence.
“I call on all parties to refrain from unilateral action leading to an escalation of tensions” and from “any provocative action at this sensitive time,” the UN special envoy for Middle East peace told the United Nations Security Council on Wednesday , Tor Wennesland.
As of the beginning of the year, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has involved 87 Palestinians (including members of armed groups and civilians, including minors), 13 civilians (including three minors) and one Israeli police officer and one Ukrainian, according to an AFP tally composed of official Israeli and compiled from Palestinian sources.