Israeli forces kill two Palestinians in West Bank during raid on Salem village

Israeli forces killed two Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and injured others during a raid in Salem on Sunday.

Wissam Ghassan Hasan Ishtiya, 37, was shot by Israeli forces in Salem, a village east of Nablus, after they stormed the area and surrounded two houses, firing live ammunition. Ishtiya was injured and detained while wounded before being pronounced dead, the Wafa agency confirmed.

Qusay Nasser Mahmoud Nassar, 23, also from Salem, was killed by Israeli fire. A 62-year-old Palestinian male was wounded by live ammunition and transported to the hospital by Palestinian Red Crescent Society paramedics on Sunday, Wafa added.

Adli Ishtiya, the head of the Salem council, told Wafa that Israeli forces stormed the town and surrounded two houses on its eastern side amid gunfire and the arrival of military reinforcements. Clashes broke out between residents and Israeli troops, during which the latter fired live ammunition at residents and their homes.

The Red Crescent Society reported that its paramedics received the body of Qusay Nassar from inside one of the two surrounding homes in Salem and transferred it to Rafidia Governmental Hospital.

Since late 2023, nearly 1,000 Palestinians have been killed in the West Bank, and 7,000 have been injured. Israeli forces conduct daily raids on various Palestinian villages in the Palestinian territories, where they have maintained a military occupation since June 1967.