Ramallah: Israeli forces killed a Palestinian and detained 11 others in the West Bank on Sunday, amid ongoing military escalation in the occupied territory, medics and local sources said. The Health Ministry reported that Ammar Hijazi, 34, was killed by Israeli fire in the Ayoun al-Haramiya area, north of Ramallah in the central West Bank.

According to Anadolu Agency, the official news agency Wafa stated that Hijazi was critically wounded after Israeli police opened fire on his vehicle near the Ayoun al-Haramiya junction, and he was later pronounced dead. Police claimed the driver was shot after he refused to heed orders to stop.

In a separate incident, Israeli forces raided the Al-Arroub refugee camp, north of Hebron in the southern West Bank, and detained four Palestinian brothers, as reported by local sources. Further detentions occurred in the Aktaba suburb east of Tulkarem city, and in the towns of Kafr Zibad and Kafr Abboush to the south, according to Wafa.

Local sources also indicated that a young man was detained after a raid on his home in the town of Kafr Dan, west of Jenin in the northern West Bank. Additionally, in the village of Deir Ghassaneh, northwest of Ramallah, Israeli forces detained a freed prisoner following a raid and search of his home.

Palestinian figures reveal that since October 2023, Israeli forces and illegal settlers have killed at least 1,109 Palestinians in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, injured nearly 11,000, and detained 21,000. The International Court of Justice declared Israel's occupation of Palestinian territory illegal in a landmark opinion last July and called for the evacuation of all settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.