The assault comes as Israeli and Palestinian officers maintain talks that intention to de-escalate surging violence within the occupied West Financial institution.

Israel’s ambulance and rescue service stated a 30-year-old man was wounded when the car he was travelling in got here underneath fireplace within the Israeli-occupied West Financial institution on Sunday.

The Israeli army stated it acquired a report of a “taking pictures incident” in Huwara, a city that has been a spotlight of Israeli army raids and a settler rampage in latest weeks.

Israeli medics stated a person was shot within the higher physique and was severely wounded, whereas his spouse was calmly damage.

The Israeli military stated both troopers or one of many injured shot the suspected Palestinian gunman, who was then arrested by Israeli forces.

The taking pictures got here as Israeli and Palestinian officers held talks within the Egyptian resort city of Sharm el-Sheikh looking for to revive calm after a surge in lethal violence within the West Financial institution and forward of a delicate vacation interval starting this week.

Final month, a Palestinian gunman killed two Israeli settlers driving via Huwara. This was adopted by a rampage by Israeli settlers who killed a Palestinian man and torched dozens of homes and vehicles.

Far-right Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich additionally stated that Huwara wanted to be “worn out”, in remarks that had been extensively condemned.

The Israeli-occupied West Financial institution has seen a surge of confrontations in latest months, with near-daily army raids and escalating settler violence.

Israeli settler-related violence focusing on Palestinians has reached its highest ranges since 2006, the United Nations instructed Al Jazeera.

A day by day common of three violent incidents per day has been recorded in 2023, in contrast with two incidents per day in 2022, and one incident per day in 2021.

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