Israeli forces killed a young Palestinian man and injured another in the northern West Bank city of Nablus. Israeli special forces raided the Ras Al Ein neighborhood Wednesday evening, killing 25 year old Walid Fritikh of Nablus. The Israeli soldiers also opened fire on a group of young men injuring another.
According to Palestinian sources, Israeli soldiers arrested 22 year old Jafar Jarra, a member of the Fateh-linked armed group Al Aqsa Brigades, and Raef Shaban who was released from prison two weeks ago.
Meanwhile, Egyptian police stopped three convoys of buses heading towards Gaza Strip on Wednesday in what organisers called an attempt to break the blockade of the Palestinian territory, police and witnesses said. The first convoy of four buses could not travel beyond a toll station near the Suez Canal town of Ismailia, they said, according to Reuters.
A second convoy of about the same size left Cairo but also could not reach the border, a security official and organisers said. Police also stopped a smaller convoy shortly after leaving the Mediterranean port of Damietta.
