An Israeli found dead after being shot in the West Bank as deadly strikes hit northern Gaza

An Israeli was shot dead in a Palestinian town in the northern West Bank Saturday morning, Israel’s army said, while deadly strikes rocked northern Gaza.

RAMALLAH, West Bank — An Israeli was shot dead in a Palestinian town in the northern West Bank Saturday morning, Israel’s army said, while deadly strikes rocked northern Gaza.

The army said the Israeli man was pronounced dead after being shot in the town of Qalqilya, and that Israeli troops were currently operating in the area. Israeli forces fatally shot two militants in the same West Bank town Friday.

Violence has flared in the West Bank since the Israel-Hamas war erupted last October. Since then, at least 549 Palestinians in the territory have been killed by Israeli fire, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry, which tracks the killings. Over the same period, Palestinians in the West Bank have killed at least nine Israelis, including five soldiers, according to U.N. data.

Meanwhile, the Palestinian Civil Defense, an emergency group active in Gaza, said they pulled 19 bodies from a building hit by an Israeli strike Saturday in an eastern neighborhood of Gaza City.

A Palestinian family mourns a loved one killed by Israeli bombardment in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip on June 21.Jehad Alshrafi / APThe group said its emergency workers were also digging for survivors at the site of another strike in Shati refugee camp, west of Gaza City. The Associated Press has been unable to verify the figures provided by the emergency group.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/israeli-found-dead-shot-west-bank-rcna158428

---