Israeli forces kill a Palestinian in Hebron as tensions escalate in the area

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Israeli forces killed a Palestinian youth in the West Bank city of Hebron on Thursday, who died after being

, the Palestinian Health Ministry said.

With this victim, there are already 35 Palestinians killed by Israeli fire this 2023, and the incident occurs in the midst of an escalation of tension in the region.

The 26-year-old deceased was identified as Nasim Nayef Salman Abu Fouda.

According to the official Wafa news agency, he died after Israeli forces fired on his car early this morning from a military checkpoint in central Hebron, in the southern occupied West Bank.

The Israeli Army has not yet ruled on the matter.

The death today of this young Palestinian occurs within the framework of a sharp escalation of tension in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.

The violence skyrocketed last Thursday with a military incursion by Israel into the Jenin refugee camp that led to heavy fighting and left

It was the deadliest violent incident in the West Bank in recent years.

It was followed by an attack Friday by a Palestinian on an Israeli-occupied East Jerusalem settlement that killed seven people, in the deadliest attack against Israelis in more than a decade.

So far in 2023, 35 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fire, which equates to an average of

retaliation against Palestinians

Faced with the growing tension, the Israeli government has tightened its retaliatory measures against Palestinians who have committed attacks and their families.

Among other things, he plans to push through

in East Jerusalem and expel them to the West Bank.

The Executive - the most right-wing in the country's history - also plans measures to

to the families of attackers "who support terrorism", and seeks to take more expeditious measures to demolish or seal their homes after attacks have been committed.

These measures are seen as a form of collective punishment by human rights groups.

Following Friday's attack, Israeli forces very quickly sealed off the Palestinian attacker's family home in East Jerusalem, now awaiting demolition in retaliation.

In turn, in a change of policy, the Cabinet of Benjamin Netanyahu also announced yesterday that it will proceed to seal the home of another 13-year-old Palestinian minor who on Saturday shot and wounded two Israelis in the eastern part of the Holy City.

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