Palestinian arrested after attempting to snatch soldier’s gun – reports

Israeli troops arrested a Palestinian man who attempted to grab a soldier’s gun on the outskirts of Nablus in the northern West Bank on Tuesday, Hebrew-language media reports said.

The Israel Defense Forces did not immediately comment on the incident.

Palestinian media reports said the man, Muhammad Shtayyeh, was attempting to reach his land near Beit Furik.

A video of the incident showed two soldiers scuffling with Shtayyeh, with several gunshots ringing out, before he backed away with his hands up.

He was treated for a minor injury in his hand, and taken for further questioning, the reports said.

The incident came during a time of rising violence in the West Bank.

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A Palestinian man was killed during clashes with Israeli forces who were conducting an arrest raid early Wednesday in the northern West Bank. Another 25 wanted Palestinians were arrested across the West Bank.

Tensions have escalated recently, as Israeli security forces stepped up arrest raids in an operation launched following a deadly wave of terror attacks that left 19 people dead earlier this year.

IDF chief of staff Aviv Kohavi said Monday that over 1,500 wanted terror suspects had been arrested in the raids and “hundreds of attacks” were prevented.

Meanwhile, at least 90 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces so far this year, according to a tally from the Palestinian Authority health ministry.

The list included Palestinians who carried out attacks inside Israel, as well as a veteran journalist — Al Jazeera’s Shireen Abu Akleh, who held US citizenship and whose death was deemed an accident by the IDF on Monday — and teens who violently protested in response to Israel’s nightly military operations in their neighborhoods.