Bethlehem – Israeli occupation forces killed a Palestinian civilian in Bethlehem’s Dheisheh refugee camp on Sunday, escalating tensions in the occupied West Bank.

According to a new release by Jordan News Agency, the male victim was injured during the Israeli occupation forces’ incursion into the Dheisheh refugee camp in southern Bethlehem before noon. The forces, accompanied by Israeli special forces, entered the camp amid heavy gunfire, wounding at least seven other Palestinian civilians.