According to the Israeli army, a soldier was killed in the West Bank

The official Palestinian news agency Wafa reported that a young Palestinian was injured in the face by shrapnel in a recent military attack.

Captain Alon Sacgiu, 22, “crashed during an operation in the Jenin sector,” the military said in a brief statement, but did not provide details on the circumstances of his death.

Another soldier was seriously injured and taken to hospital, the military said.

Wafa said Israeli troops stormed Jenin shortly before midnight and remained stationed in the city and its outskirts until dawn.

The troops “posted dozens of snipers on the roofs of commercial buildings and houses, as well as in the neighborhoods of the city and its commercial center,” the Palestinian agency reported on its English-language website.

When contacted by AFP, the Israeli military said it had withdrawn from Jenin but did not provide further details about its operation.

Witnesses in Jenin told AFP news agency that explosive devices placed on a road used by the army had exploded.

Clashes and gunfire could be heard throughout the night, they added.

Violence in the West Bank, which has been under Israeli occupation since 1967, had already increased before the war between Israel and Hamas broke out in Gaza on October 7. Since then, it has reached levels not seen for about two decades.

According to Palestinian authorities, at least 553 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli troops or settlers in the West Bank since the Gaza war began.

At least 15 Israelis, including soldiers, were killed in Palestinian attacks in the West Bank during the same period, according to an analysis of official Israeli figures evaluated by AFP.

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