JENIN: Israeli occupation forces Friday evening killed a Palestinian and injured another in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin, according to the Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS).

It said that its crews evacuated a slain Palestinian from the eastern neighborhood of the city to a hospital.

The fatality was identified by WAFA correspondent as Tawfiq Ahmad Younes Qandil, 82.

PRCS added that the occupation forces opened fire towards the ambulance that transported the fatality besides a casualty from the neighborhood.

The Israeli occupation aggression on the northern West Bank has resulted in the killing of 21 Palestinians; 12 residents of the Jenin governorate, five others from the Tulkarm governorate and four others from the Tubas governorate.

This brings the total number of Palestinians killed by Israeli occupation forces and colonists since the October 7, 2023 in the occupied West Bank to 673.

Source: Palestine News and Information Agency – WAFA