Israeli forces exchanged fire with armed Palestinians early on Saturday, as they raided , local sources reported.
“Armed Palestinians opened fire towards an Israeli army position outside Silwad, after which Israeli forces raided the town, clashing with militants before withdrawing several hours later,” Shatha Hammad, local journalist and resident of Silwad told .
No casualties were reported from either side.
The clashes sparked only two days after Israeli forces returned in Silwad to his family.
Mohammad Hammad, 16, near an Israeli road just outside the town of Silwad a week ago. Israeli forces withheld his body.
Israeli forces said their soldiers had opened fire at a group of Palestinians who threw stones at the Israeli road, .
“The Palestinian civil liaison had told me on the day Mohammad was killed that the Israeli army informed them of their decision to return Mohammad’s body,” Hammad’s father told .
“The week went by without any news, until the Palestinian liaison office informed me on Wednesday the Israelis are going to return the body that night,” he noted.
“We waited in since 10pm for a call,” said the father. “We thought the return of the body was called off, until we finally received a call at 1:30 am,” he added.
Mohammad’s body was eventually buried on Thursday after the noon prayer with hundreds of Palestinians chanting slogans while raising Palestinian flags.
Confrontations between Palestinians and the Israeli army had been on the rise over the weekend in the West Bank. On Thursday, Israeli forces clashed with armed Palestinians as they , escorting a group of settlers to the religious site of ‘tomb of Yousef’ in the middle of the town.
Three Palestinians were reported wounded and dozens were treated for asphyxiation with tear gas. Two Israeli settlers and one Israeli army officer were injured in the clash, .