{"id":13461,"date":"2023-07-26T10:28:58","date_gmt":"2023-07-26T02:28:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/perdana4peace.org\/v2\/?p=13461"},"modified":"2023-07-26T10:34:29","modified_gmt":"2023-07-26T02:34:29","slug":"israeli-forces-kill-three-palestinians-in-the-west-bank","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perdana4peace.org\/v2\/israeli-forces-kill-three-palestinians-in-the-west-bank\/","title":{"rendered":"Israeli forces kill three Palestinians in the West Bank"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"13461\" class=\"elementor elementor-13461\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4a5ed43 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4a5ed43\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ba717c0\" data-id=\"ba717c0\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-98f613d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"98f613d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>By\u00a0<a class=\"author-name\" title=\"View user profile.\" href=\"https:\/\/www.middleeasteye.net\/users\/mee-staff\">MEE staff<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d0a54d0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d0a54d0\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d246813\" data-id=\"d246813\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5f611b3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5f611b3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/perdana4peace.org\/v2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/01-260723.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-13464\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/perdana4peace.org\/v2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/01-260723.png 700w, https:\/\/perdana4peace.org\/v2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/01-260723-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/perdana4peace.org\/v2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/01-260723-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-99fb363 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"99fb363\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-73a1d07\" data-id=\"73a1d07\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1f9a3cb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1f9a3cb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.middleeasteye.net\/countries\/israel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Israeli<\/a>\u00a0forces killed three\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.middleeasteye.net\/countries\/palestine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Palestinians<\/a>\u00a0early on Tuesday morning in the occupied West Bank city of Nablus, the Palestinian health ministry announced.<\/p><p>The Israeli army also confirmed the killings, alleging that the three Palestinians opened fire towards soldiers near the Israeli settlements on Mount Gerizim, in the vicinity of Nablus.<\/p><p>According to the Palestinian news source,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.arab48.com\/%D9%81%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%B7%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%AA\/%D8%A3%D8%AE%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1\/2023\/07\/25\/%D9%85%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AC%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%AA%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B6%D9%81%D8%A9-%D9%88%D8%A5%D8%B5%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%B5%D8%A7%D8%B5-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AD%D8%AA%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%84-%D9%82%D8%B1%D8%A8-%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%84%D8%B3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Arab48<\/a>, Israeli ambulances came to the scene and took the three bodies away.<\/p><p>Palestinian ambulances were stopped by Israeli forces from reaching the three victims &#8211; whose identities are yet to be confirmed.<\/p><p>According to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.arab48.com\/%D9%81%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%B7%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%AA\/%D8%A3%D8%AE%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1\/2023\/07\/25\/%D9%85%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AC%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%AA%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B6%D9%81%D8%A9-%D9%88%D8%A5%D8%B5%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%B5%D8%A7%D8%B5-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AD%D8%AA%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%84-%D9%82%D8%B1%D8%A8-%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%84%D8%B3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">eyewitness<\/a>\u00a0accounts, the Israeli army sprayed the vehicle the three Palestinians were travelling in with a hail of bullet fire for almost ten minutes.<\/p><p>The Israeli army alleges that there was an exchange of fire between the two sides and, following a search of the vehicle, further weapons were found.<\/p><p>Palestinian\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.arab48.com\/%D9%81%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%B7%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%AA\/%D8%A3%D8%AE%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1\/2023\/07\/25\/%D9%85%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AC%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%AA%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B6%D9%81%D8%A9-%D9%88%D8%A5%D8%B5%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%B5%D8%A7%D8%B5-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AD%D8%AA%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%84-%D9%82%D8%B1%D8%A8-%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%84%D8%B3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">eyewitnesses<\/a>, however, said that Israeli forces \u201cambushed\u201d the vehicle and went on to \u201cassassinate\u201d the young men.<\/p><p>Israeli forces went on to search a number of Palestinian homes and shops in the vicinity of the shooting\u00a0and,\u00a0according to reports from Arab48, confiscated CCTV footage.<\/p><p>It\u2019s unclear whether the footage captured the Israeli shoot-out.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8d6a6a9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8d6a6a9\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c83d00c\" data-id=\"c83d00c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6b50c2a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6b50c2a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The killing of three young Palestinians by the occupation forces in Nablus is a&quot;war crime&quot;and is a continuation of the political collective punishment .The global community must finally take decisive and drastic action to stop this ongoing crime. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MzsSUDD78Y\">pic.twitter.com\/MzsSUDD78Y<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Embassy of the State of Palestine in Cyprus (@PalestineEmbCy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PalestineEmbCy\/status\/1683741769538719745?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 25, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a69b41a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a69b41a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0d2c8ed\" data-id=\"0d2c8ed\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b390c23 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b390c23\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>&#8216;Shoot-to-kill&#8217;<\/strong><\/p><p>The Israeli military, which rarely investigates the killing of Palestinians by its troops, has been criticised by rights groups for its &#8220;shoot-to-kill&#8221; policy even when Palestinians pose no danger to soldiers.<\/p><p>A report in 2022 by the Israeli rights group Yesh Din found that less than one percent of soldiers accused of harming Palestinians between 2017-2021 were charged with crimes.<\/p><p>The military law enforcement authorities &#8220;systematically avoid investigating and prosecuting soldiers who harm Palestinians,&#8221; the group said.<\/p><p>At least 200 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fire this year, including 34 children &#8211; a rate of nearly one fatality per day.<\/p><p>A total of 163 people died in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem, while the remaining 36 were killed in the Gaza Strip.<\/p><p>Meanwhile, Palestinians have killed 25 Israelis in the same period, including six children.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-63886f6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"63886f6\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6aa24fa\" data-id=\"6aa24fa\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9d4fca8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9d4fca8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.middleeasteye.net\/news\/israeli-forces-kill-three-palestinians-west-bank\">Middle East Eye<\/a>. 26 July 2023<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By&nbsp;MEE staff. Israeli&nbsp;forces killed three&nbsp;Palestinians&nbsp;early on Tuesday morning in the occupied West Bank city of Nablus, the Palestinian health ministry announced. The Israeli army also confirmed the killings, alleging that the three Palestinians opened fire towards soldiers near the Israeli settlements on Mount Gerizim, in the vicinity of Nablus. According to the Palestinian news source,&nbsp;Arab48,&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/perdana4peace.org\/v2\/israeli-forces-kill-three-palestinians-in-the-west-bank\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Israeli forces kill three Palestinians in the West Bank<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":13464,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[28,29,1],"tags":[128,663,39,53,301,374,49],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/perdana4peace.org\/v2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13461"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/perdana4peace.org\/v2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/perdana4peace.org\/v2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perdana4peace.org\/v2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perdana4peace.org\/v2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13461"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/perdana4peace.org\/v2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13461\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13480,"href":"https:\/\/perdana4peace.org\/v2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13461\/revisions\/13480"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perdana4peace.org\/v2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13464"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/perdana4peace.org\/v2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13461"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perdana4peace.org\/v2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13461"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perdana4peace.org\/v2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}