Sharjah 24 – AFP: Two Palestinians including a doctor were killed Friday in an Israeli raid in the flashpoint city of Jenin in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian health ministry said.
Dr. Abdullah al-Ahmad "succumbed to a bullet wound that pierced his head, fired by the Israeli soldiers", the ministry said in a statement.
A ministry spokesman told AFP that Palestinian Mateen Debaya had also been killed in the raid on the city's refugee camp.
The ministry said Ahmad was shot outside a governmental hospital, located on the edge of the camp.
An AFP journalist said the doctor had undergone emergency surgery at the facility following the shooting.
The military did not immediately comment on the doctor's death when contacted by AFP.
One soldier was killed Tuesday near Nablus, south of Jenin, while on Saturday another was shot at a checkpoint in Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem.
The pursuit for the Jerusalem gunman has prompted a massive operation inside the city's Shuafat refugee camp, which has severely impeded daily life.
Palestinians went on a day-long general strike earlier this week in the city, in solidarity with Shuafat residents.
There have also been clashes involving Palestinians, Israeli forces and citizens across east Jerusalem.
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