RAMALLAH, Jan. 1 (Xinhua) -- A Palestinian man was killed and another wounded by Israeli army fire on Thursday in the northern West Bank, according to Palestinian sources.
Khattab Daraghmeh, 26, was killed by Israeli army fire in the village of Al-Lubban ash-Sharqiya, south of Nablus, the Ramallah-based Palestinian Health Ministry said in a statement, providing no further details.
Local Palestinian sources said Daraghmeh and another young man were shot and wounded by Israeli soldiers at the village entrance along the main road connecting Ramallah and Nablus. Daraghmeh was later pronounced dead after he was taken to an Israeli hospital, and the other man is in stable condition at Salfit Hospital in the West Bank.
Meanwhile, Palestinian sources said Israeli forces raided the town of Jaba'a, south of Jenin, Beit Ummar, north of Hebron, and the villages of Aqaba and Tammun, south of Tubas, all in the West Bank on the first day of 2026.
The sources said the forces stormed homes, fired tear gas canisters, and detained dozens of Palestinians.
The Israeli army has not commented on these developments.
In late November, the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights said Israeli security forces and settlers had killed more than 1,000 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, since Oct. 7, 2023. ■
