Jenin: The Israeli army on Saturday killed a Palestinian man in the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank, the ministry identified the victim as 34-year-old Nour al-Din Fayyad.

According to Anadolu Agency, the Palestinian Red Crescent Society said in a statement that its staff transported a man from inside Jenin camp to the hospital after he was shot in the thigh and was 'not breathing and had no pulse.' The official Palestinian news agency Wafa reported that Fayyad, a resident of Wadi Burqin west of Jenin, attempted to enter the Jenin refugee camp before Israeli soldiers opened fire and shot him dead.

The incident adds to the escalating tensions in the region. Wafa reports that this brings the death toll from the Israeli offensive on Jenin city and its refugee camp since Jan. 21, 2025, to 65. The total number of Palestinians killed in the Israeli escalation in the West Bank since October 2023 has risen to 1,162.

Since the start of the war in the Gaza Strip in October 2023, the West Bank has experienced a sharp increase in Israeli raids and attacks by occupiers. This has resulted in around 12,245 Palestinians injured and nearly 23,000 arrested, in addition to the rising death toll, according to official Palestinian figures.