A Palestinian was killed and 20 injured during a raid by the Israeli military in the village of Silat al-Harithiya in the West Bank city of Jenin, after midnight on Monday 14 February.

Security sources told local news agency WAFA that an Israeli military force backed by bulldozers stormed the town of Al-Silah Al-Harithiya from all sides and closed all roads leading to it.

Soldiers then stormed the family house of prisoner Mahmoud Jaradat before it was demolished.

Jaradat is a suspect in the killing of Yehuda Dimentman in a terror attack in mid-December. He has yet to be convicted.

Israel demolishes the homes of Palestinians accused of deadly terror attacks -- a controversial policy criticised as collective punishment by rights groups.

The Ministry of Health confirmed that Mohammad Akram Abu Salah, 17, from the nearby village of al-Yamoun, succumbed to gunshot wounds to the head from Israeli gunfire.

The director of the ambulance service in Jenin, Mahmoud Al-Saadi, said that the Israeli forces prevented ambulances from entering the town to treat and transport the injured, while a WAFA correspondent reported that many others suffered tear gas injuries.

RESTRICTION SUMMARY: Jenin, 14 February 2022. People gather next to a Palestinian house after it was blown up by Israeli forces, in the West Bank city of Jenin.

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A Palestinian was killed, while 20 others were injured, by Israeli gunfire during a major military Israeli raid into the village of Silat al-Harithiya in the West Bank city of Jenin after midnight.

The Ministry of Health confirmed that Mohammad Akram Abu Salah, 17, from the village of al-Yamoun, has succumbed to his injuries that he sustained in the head by an Israeli gunfire.

The director of the ambulance in Jenin, Mahmoud Al-Saadi, stated that the Israeli forces prevented ambulances from entering the town to treat and transport the injured, while WAFA correspondent reported that the continuous confrontations with the forces resulted in dozens of tear gas wounds, along with the wounded.

A large forces of the forces stormed last night the town of Al-Silah Al-Harithiya and closed all the entrances and roads leading to it.

Security sources told WAFA that an Israeli military force backed by bulldozers stormed the town from all sides, and closed all the roads leading to it and the those linking it to the neighboring town of Yamoun, while a number of soldiers climbed the roofs of the houses, stormed the family house of prisoner Mahmoud Jaradat and took its measurements.

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