Israeli troops kill a man in Gaza and 2 suspected Palestinian attackers
in West Bank
[December 02, 2025]
By WAFAA SHURAFA, SAMY MAGDY and MEGAN JANETSKY
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli forces on Tuesday shot and
killed a man near a refugee camp in Gaza and two suspected Palestinian
assailants in the West Bank wanted in a pair of attacks that wounded
three Israelis.
It was the latest burst of violence in the Palestinian territories, as
Israel has fought on a number of different fronts, fueling concerns that
unrest could spill over and undermine the fragile truce in Gaza.
Another Palestinian killed in Gaza
The man in Gaza was fatally shot near the eastern side of the Bureij
refugee camp in central Gaza, according to Al-Awda Hospital.
The Gaza Health Ministry said that more than 350 Palestinians have been
killed across the territory since a ceasefire on Oct. 11 stopped the
Israel-Hamas war. Israel's military did not immediately comment, but has
said that killings have often been in response to firing at their forces
by militants.
Both Hamas and Israel have accused the other of breaking the terms of
the ceasefire.
Violence flares in the West Bank
At the same time, Israel’s military has pushed forward its operations in
the occupied West Bank.
On Tuesday morning, the military said troops shot and killed a suspect
who stabbed two soldiers as they were confronting him near Ateret, an
Israeli settlement north of Ramallah in central West Bank. It said the
incident was under review.
The Palestinian Health Ministry said Israeli forces killed an
18-year-old Palestinian north of Ramallah, but it wasn't immediately
clear if it was the same incident.
Israel's Mada rescue service said two soldiers were lightly wounded. In
the southern West Bank, the army said it fatally shot a Palestinian who
had earlier carried out a car-ramming attack that wounded a soldier. The
army said the man attempted to flee as they tried to arrest him near the
city of Hebron “while endangering the soldiers” and he was shot dead.
The Palestinian Health Ministry identified the suspect as a 17-year-old
resident of Hebron.
[to top of second column]
|
Smoke rises as Israeli forces demolish the home of Abdul Karim
Sanoubar, a suspected Palestinian militant who has been accused by
Israel of planting bombs on buses in central Israel, in Nablus, West
Bank, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
In a statement late Monday, Hamas celebrated the ramming attack near
Hebron, saying that it came “in the context of the legitimate
response of our people” to Israel’s ongoing raids in the West Bank.
The militant group didn’t claim the attack.
The Israeli army has stepped up its activities in the West Bank
since Hamas' Oct. 7, 2023, attack triggered the war in Gaza. Israel
says the offensive is aimed at rooting out militants. But
Palestinians say scores of stone throwers, protesters and uninvolved
civilians have been killed.
In recent weeks, Israeli settlers have stepped up attacks on
Palestinian civilians. Palestinian assailants killed an Israeli man
in a stabbing and car ramming attack last month.
On Tuesday, Israel’s military launched another round of strikes on
southern Lebanon, which has become an almost daily occurrence as
Israel accuses the militant group Hezbollah of failing to disarm
following a U.S.-brokered ceasefire last year that halted two months
of war.
___
Magdy contributed from Cairo and Janetsky from Jerusalem.
All contents © copyright 2025 Associated Press. All rights reserved
 |
