Israeli forces shoot and kill Palestinians in occupied West Bank, Gaza

Israeli forces shoot and kill Palestinians in occupied West Bank, Gaza The deaths come amid escalating Israeli military raids and settler attacks across the occupied territories. Israeli forces have killed at least two Palestinians in separate shooting incidents in the occupied West Bank and the Gaza Strip. On Thursday, in the occupied West Bank village of Sarta, west of Salfit, Israeli forces stormed the home of Mustafa Taha Mustafa al-Khatib, 32, and shot him dead, local sources told Wafa news agency. Recommended Stories list of 3 items- list 1 of 3Israel’s deliberate targeting of Gaza children part of genocide: UN inquiry - list 2 of 3Stop ‘Greater Israel’ to make peace - list 3 of 3Palestine weekly wrap: Israel’s ‘quiet annexation’ grows louder His family told the Anadolu news agency that al-Khatib had returned from Jordan two years ago to work and had no known security or armed group affiliation. His uncle Yassin Khatib described the killing as a “cold-blooded execution”. “From the broken door and the damaged contents of the room, it was obvious they [Israeli forces] forced their way in without giving [al-Khatib] him time even to open the door or get dressed,” Yassin Khatib told Anadolu. He said his nephew, who held both Jordanian and Palestinian citizenship, had lived on the property for four years, working in agriculture and construction. Relatives said Israeli troops prevented ambulances from reaching al-Khatib for nearly two hours. The Palestinian Prisoner’s Society said Israeli forces left his body inside the house after ransacking it. The Israeli military claimed troops opened fire after al-Khatib threw objects at them during a raid tied to stone-throwing incidents on Route 5. The killing came alongside separate settler violence in Halhul, north of Hebron, where residents said Israeli settlers pelted Palestinian homes with stones after the dismantling of a nearby outpost. A local resident told Israeli news outlet Haaretz he saw about 35 masked settlers throwing stones at houses and trying to start fires. The violence came a day after another Palestinian, Mohammad Nazem Zayed, was killed in Yabad, west of Jenin, after Israeli undercover agents besieged a house and shot him inside. One killed in Gaza At the same time, Israeli attacks have not ceased in Gaza, despite a so-called “ceasefire” agreed in October. In northern Gaza, one Palestinian was killed after Israeli troops opened fire in the al-Atatra area of Beit Lahiya on Thursday, Anadolu reported. The deceased was transferred to al-Shifa Medical Complex, medical sources said. A separate drone strike hit a group of pedestrians near the Italian Complex in Gaza City’s Nassr neighbourhood, wounding two people, one critically. Gaza’s Health Ministry says Israeli violations of the ceasefire, which took effect on October 10, 2025, have already killed 1,031 Palestinians and injured 3309 others. At the same time, violence against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank has escalated sharply since Israel launched its genocidal war on Gaza in October 2023, with intensifying Israeli military raids and settler attacks on homes and property.