RAMALLAH, Palestine / ISTANBUL

The Israeli army killed one Palestinian man and injured four others during attacks in different parts of the occupied West Bank on Friday, according to authorities and eyewitnesses.

The Palestinian Health Ministry said in a statement that Bahaa Abdel Rahman Rashid, 38, died after Israeli soldiers shot him in the head during clashes in the village of Odala, south of Nablus.

The Palestinian Red Crescent said its crews responded to a man with a critical gunshot wound to the head and performed cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) at the scene before his death was confirmed.

Confrontations erupted after Friday prayers, with Israeli forces firing live rounds and tear gas at Palestinians, witnesses told Anadolu. Further details were not immediately available.

Separately, the Palestinian Red Crescent Society said in a statement that its teams treated a 45-year-old man who was shot in the hand inside Al-Jalazone refugee camp north of Ramallah and transferred him to the hospital.

Local sources told Anadolu that two other people were injured during clashes with Israeli forces in the camp.

In the village of Al-Mughayyir, Israeli forces assaulted a young man while he was herding sheep in a mountainous area west of the village, causing him bruises, according to local sources.

Northern West Bank districts have seen wide Israeli military raids over the past week under an operation targeting Tubas, Aqaba, Tammun, al-Far’a, and Tayasir.

Later in the day, the Israeli army said it concluded its military offensive in the northern occupied West Bank, 10 days after launching it.

The offensive included more than 30 airstrikes, the killing of six Palestinians, the arrest of dozens of others, and the destruction of infrastructure.

Palestinian observers say the operation aims to tighten Israeli control over the northern West Bank, with illegal settlers playing a complementary role in expanding settlement activity and restricting Palestinian movement.

At least 1,088 Palestinians have been killed and 10,700 others injured in attacks by the army and illegal Israeli settlers in the occupied territory since October 2023. Over 20,500 people have also been arrested.

In a landmark opinion in July last year, the International Court of Justice declared Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territory illegal and called for the evacuation of all settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.