Act Daily News
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Palestinian gunmen stormed a hospital in Jenin and seized the physique of a younger Israeli Druze civilian who had been in a automobile accident within the West Bank, authorities on either side of the battle mentioned Wednesday. The gunmen are demanding the return of the our bodies of Palestinians killed by Israeli troops, they mentioned.
The sufferer, recognized as Tiran Ferro, was concerned within the accident on Tuesday alongside one other civilian, Israel Defense Forces (IDF) mentioned in an announcement. He is a member of the Druze minority, group leaders advised Act Daily News.
Ferro’s father advised Israeli media {the teenager} was alive and brought off life help in a hospital by a gaggle of Palestinian gunmen.
But Jenin governor Akram Rajoub advised Act Daily News that Ferro was lifeless when his physique was taken.
Ferro’s father mentioned: “When we have been within the hospital, we have been standing in entrance of the intensive care unit. My son was related to the ventilator and had a heartbeat. I used to be with my brother and my son, instantly a gang of 20 masked males entered the room screaming. We stood by and there was nothing we might have completed.
“They kidnapped the body in front of my eyes,” Ferro’s father advised reporters on digital camera.
The Jenin Brigade, a Palestinian militant group primarily based within the West Bank refugee camp, mentioned in an announcement obtained by Act Daily News that it was holding the physique of Ferro and demanded Israel hand over all of the our bodies of Palestinians killed by the IDF in Israel’s possession. The group additionally mentioned it had raised the state of alert amongst its members in anticipation of Israeli forces storming the Jenin camp.
Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid vowed Wednesday that “the kidnappers would pay a heavy price” if Tiran’s physique was not returned: “Israel has proven in recent months that there is no place and no terrorist that it does not know how to reach.”
Lapid mentioned Ferro was going to have a good time his 18th birthday on Thursday.
Tor Wennesland, UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, is concerned within the negotiations with the Palestinian group for the discharge of Ferro’s physique again to Israel, a spokesperson advised Act Daily News.
The IDF mentioned Ferro and one other individual had entered Jenin through the Gilboa-Jalame crossing, which has since been closed following Wednesday’s explosions in Jerusalem.
The different individual concerned within the accident was severely injured, they added.
The IDF mentioned the physique of the deceased was taken from the hospital and is predicted to be returned to Israel shortly, “as a required humanitarian act.”
Following the 2 blasts Wednesday in Jerusalem, Israel’s Ministry of Defense determined to shut the Gilboa-Jalame and Salem crossings after a safety analysis, a spokesperson for the Coordinator of Government Activities within the Territories (COGAT) mentioned.
Tensions have been significantly excessive for months in Jenin amid a surge in armed assaults on Israeli troops and civilians this 12 months.