Palestinians say Israeli troops kill man in West Bank
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The Palestinian Health Ministry identified the man as Ahmad Kahla, 45.
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israeli troops shot and killed a Palestinian man in the occupied West Bank on Sunday, the Palestinian Health Ministry said, the latest death in a monthslong spiral of violence.
The Palestinian Health Ministry identified the man as Ahmad Kahla, 45. The Israeli military had no immediate comment.
Tensions have been surging for months in the occupied territory, where the Israeli military has been staging nightly arrest raids since last spring. Nearly 150 Palestinians were killed by Israeli fire in the West Bank and east Jerusalem in 2022, according to figures by the Israeli rights group B’Tselem, making it the deadliest year since 2004. Since the start of this year, 13 Palestinians have been killed, according to a tally by The Associated Press.
Israel captured the West Bank in the 1967 Mideast war, along with the Gaza Strip and east Jerusalem, territories the Palestinians want for their hoped-for state. Israel has since settled 500,000 people in about 130 settlements across the West Bank, which the Palestinians and much of the international community view as an obstacle to peace.
