Jericho: Israeli forces killed a 20-year-old Palestinian during a raid in Jericho in the eastern West Bank amid ongoing escalation in the occupied territory.

According to Anadolu Agency, the official news agency Wafa reported that Mohammed Yahya Jlayta succumbed to live bullet wounds sustained when Israeli forces stormed the Al-Arab neighborhood in central Jericho after midnight.

The Israeli forces reportedly fired live ammunition and stun grenades at residents during the raid, which included breaking into a civilian home. Jlayta was critically injured before being pronounced dead. Following the raid in Jericho, Israeli army forces also conducted operations in the northern cities of Nablus and Tubas, witnesses said. Military vehicles entered Nablus from various directions, moving towards the city's old town amid gunfire. A similar raid was reported in Tubas, but no information was yet available about injuries.

Almost on a daily basis, the Israeli army conducts wide-ranging arrest campaigns across the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem, citing the search for 'wanted' Palestinians. Since the start of the Israeli onslaught on the Gaza Strip on Oct. 7, 2023, at least 970 Palestinians have been killed and more than 7,000 injured in attacks by the Israeli army and illegal settlers across the occupied West Bank, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry.

The International Court of Justice declared last July that Israel's occupation of Palestinian territories is illegal and called for the evacuation of all settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.