Israel has been fighting on a number of fronts as a shaky ceasefire in Gaza<\/a> moves forward. On Thursday, Israel carried out another round of airstrikes on suspected Hezbollah sites in southern Lebanon<\/a>. Ongoing conflicts in the region have fueled concerns that unrest could spill over and undermine the fragile truce in Gaza.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Israeli soldiers are seen during an army raid in the West Bank town of Tubas, Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2025. (AP Photo\/Majdi Mohammed)<\/p>\n Israeli soldiers are seen during an army raid in the West Bank town of Tubas, Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2025. (AP Photo\/Majdi Mohammed)<\/p>\n Add AP News on Google <\/p>\n Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google.<\/p>\n Share<\/p>\n Read More<\/p>\n A Palestinian-American teenager held in Israeli detention for nine months was also released on Thursday night. The 16-year-old emerged visibly thin and was embraced by his crying family.<\/p>\n Israeli forces accused of executing Palestinian men in West Bank<\/p>\n The Israeli military and national police announced they were opening an investigation into the deaths Thursday of the two men, who were shot by members of the border police, a special unit that often operates alongside the Israeli military.<\/p>\n In a video shown on Palestine TV, which has no sound, the two men come out of a garage holding their hands up and lifting their shirts to show they are not carrying explosives. They are ordered to the ground and kicked by one of the policemen. They are then ordered back to the garage. In a video shown by Egyptian TV station Al-Ghad, the men are ordered back to the entrance of the garage. As they are on the ground and surrounded by troops, gunshots are heard and the men slump down, apparently lifeless. At least one soldier is seen firing his weapon.<\/p>\n In a statement, the Israeli military said the two men were wanted militants in the northern town of Jenin who had thrown explosives and opened fire at troops.<\/p>\n It said that after the men surrendered and exited a building, \u201cfire was directed toward the suspects.\u201d It said was the incident was \u201cunder review\u201d and would be referred \u201cto the relevant professional bodies.\u201d<\/p>\n Palestinians and human rights groups say such investigations yield few results, and Israeli troops are rarely prosecuted.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Residents inspect a destroyed vehicle after an Israeli army raid that left one Palestinian killed, in the West Bank town of Qabatiya Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025. (AP Photo\/Nasser Nasser)<\/p>\n Residents inspect a destroyed vehicle after an Israeli army raid that left one Palestinian killed, in the West Bank town of Qabatiya Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025. (AP Photo\/Nasser Nasser)<\/p>\n Add AP News on Google <\/p>\n Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google.<\/p>\n Share<\/p>\n Read More<\/p>\n Israel\u2019s far-right national security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, who oversees the national police, praised the Israeli forces, saying they had acted \u201cexactly as they are expected to \u2014 terrorists must die!\u201d<\/p>\n In Ramallah, the Palestinian prime minister\u2019s office accused Israel of executing the men \u201cin cold blood.\u201d It called the shooting \u201can outright extrajudicial killing in blatant violation of international humanitarian law.\u201d<\/p>\n Palestinian authorities identified the men as Al-Muntasir Abdullah, 26, and Yousef Asasa, 37, and said Israel had taken away their bodies.<\/p>\n The incident was reminiscent of the case of Elor Azaria \u2014 a soldier convicted of manslaughter in 2017 for fatally shooting an already wounded Palestinian attacker. That case deeply divided the nation<\/a>, with nationalistic politicians defending the soldier. Azaria was released early<\/a> from prison after serving a nine-month sentence.<\/p>\n Escalation in the West Bank<\/p>\n The shooting is part of a larger operation in a northeastern region of the West Bank. Israel\u2019s military has detained more than 100 people since Tuesday in the town of Tubas, according to Abdullah al-Zaghari, spokesman for the advocacy group Palestinian Prisoners\u2019 Club.<\/p>\n The military has said the operation was a response to \u201cattempts to establish terrorist strongholds and construction of terror infrastructures in the area.\u201d On Nov. 19, Palestinian attackers stabbed an Israeli<\/a> to death and wounded three more at a West Bank intersection before being shot down by troops.<\/p>\n Israel\u2019s military has scaled up military operations in the West Bank since the Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas attack, which triggered the war in Gaza. <\/p>\n The latest operation comes amid a rising tide of Israeli settler violence<\/a> in the West Bank. Israeli leaders have played down the settler attacks as the work of a small minority. But Palestinians say the attacks are frequent, often in close proximity to Israeli troops, and the settlers are rarely punished.<\/p>\n Strikes on Lebanon ahead of the pope\u2019s visit<\/p>\n Israel\u2019s air force carried out another series of strikes in parts of southern Lebanon on Thursday. Israel says its ongoing strikes are aimed at preventing Hezbollah from rebuilding after a devastating war last year.<\/p>\n But the United Nations on Tuesday said Israel had killed at least 127 civilians, including children, in its strikes on Lebanon since the ceasefire came into effect one year ago. Things escalated earlier this week with a rare strike in Lebanon\u2019s capital of Beirut, killing Hezbollah\u2019s<\/a> chief of staff.<\/p>\n On Thursday, Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam criticized Hezbollah for not disarming in a rare rebuke of the group, saying the Iran-backed militants have failed to deter Israeli airstrikes, protect the Lebanese people or even safeguard the lives of its own leaders.<\/p>\n Pope Leo XIV is scheduled to visit the country on Sunday, when he will meet the crisis-hit nation\u2019s political and religious leaders.<\/p>\n American teen released from Israeli jail<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n