Palestinian killed during Israeli military operation in West Bank

A Palestinian man was shot and killed on Monday evening during an exchange of fire with Israeli forces in the northern West Bank city of Nablus, Palestinian sources said.

Palestinian security sources said that Israeli forces killed Abdel-Raouf Shatyeh, a man Israel had been pursuing for over a year and a half over alleged involvement in a vehicular attack that killed two soldiers.

The sources said Israeli forces surrounded a house on Amman Street in eastern Nablus, where heavy gunfire was heard before flames rose from an apartment that was hit by shoulder-fired projectiles.

The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) reported an injured person inside an apartment, but Israeli forces prevented its medical crews from reaching the scene. Later, the PRCS said that locals informed them the army had killed the person.

Sources reported that the raid was accompanied by a wave of arrests targeting several men across various neighborhoods in the city.

The Israel Defense Forces stated on Monday evening that, during a "counterterrorism operation" in eastern Nablus, "an exchange of fire is currently underway between the forces and a terrorist in the area."

Israel often describes such raids in the West Bank as "counterterrorism operations" targeting individuals connected to Palestinian armed groups.