Israeli forces assassinated a Palestinian Authority officer yesterday during an Israeli raid on the city of Jenin in the occupied West Bank, Palestinian Ministry of Health said.
He was identified as Ashraf Sheikh Ibrahim who was an officer in the Palestinian Authority's intelligence services.
Hundreds of residents mourned the Palestinian officer and attended his funeral, carrying his body through the streets of Jenin, chanting slogans against Israel's occupation.
The Fatah movement said Ibrahim was killed while confronting the Israeli occupation's aggression as it stormed the city of Jenin, according to Reuters.
According to Reuters, the Israeli occupation army said that its “forces came under fire from Palestinians while seeking to arrest suspects in Jenin and that they returned fire at the gunmen.”