Israeli military admits responsibility for killing of Palestinian teen | 24CA News

The Israeli army on Monday acknowledged that its troops fatally shot a teenage Palestinian lady throughout an operation within the occupied West Bank, saying she was unintentionally hit by hearth geared toward gunmen within the space.

It was a uncommon admission of an error by the army, which has carried out day by day arrest operations within the West Bank for almost 9 months. But it stated its operations within the space would proceed.

About 150 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli-Palestinian preventing within the West Bank and east Jerusalem this yr, making it the deadliest yr since 2006.

The Israeli military says a lot of the Palestinians killed have been militants. But stone-throwing youths protesting Israeli military incursions and others not concerned in confrontations, together with a distinguished Al Jazeera journalist, have additionally been killed within the preventing.

Palestinian officers stated Jana Zakarneh, 16, was killed in a single day Monday within the northern metropolis of Jenin. According to the official Palestinian news company Wafa, her household had been trying to find her for an hour and located her physique on the roof of their dwelling after Israeli troops withdrew from the realm.

Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh stated Zakarneh was killed “in cold blood” by an Israeli sniper and stated Israel have to be held accountable.

Military says it was focusing on rooftop gunmen

In a press release, the Israeli army stated an preliminary inquiry discovered the lady “was hit by unintentional fire aimed at armed gunmen” on a close-by rooftop. “It appears the girl who was killed had been on the roof of one of the houses near the gunmen,” it stated.

It stated the forces opened hearth after native militants hurled firebombs and opened hearth on the troopers.

The military stated that its commanders “regret any harm to uninvolved civilians,” however stated that it could press forward with its operations.

Jenin is called a stronghold of militants. The military has lengthy operated within the space, stepping up its actions after a sequence of lethal assaults inside Israel final spring, a few of which have been carried out by militants from Jenin.

Zakarneh was killed within the Jenin refugee camp, the identical space the place Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was killed final May. The military has stated its forces most probably shot her unintentionally, however has supplied no proof to again up the declare that she may need been hit by Palestinian gunmen within the space. Al Jazeera final week requested the International Criminal Court within the Hague to analyze the taking pictures.

Israel has been conducting day by day arrest raids all through the West Bank, in an operation prompted by a spate of Palestinian assaults in opposition to Israelis within the spring that killed 19 individuals.

The army says the raids are supposed to dismantle militant networks and thwart future assaults, however the Palestinians say they entrench Israel’s open-ended occupation, now in its 56th yr.

At least 31 individuals have died in Palestinian assaults in Israel and the occupied West Bank this yr, in line with Israeli figures.