He Israeli Army indicated this Thursday that killed five Palestinian fighters entrenched in a mosque, on the second day of a large-scale “anti-terrorist operation” in Occupied West Bankwhich according to the UN is “fuelling an already explosive situation”.
In total, At least 12 people have died since the Israeli army launched its bombing operation on Wednesday. and raids with armoured convoys on the cities of Jenin, Nablus, Tubas and Tulkarem and two refugee camps, where armed groups fighting against Israel’s occupation are very active.
The iIsraeli military incursions They are common in the West Bank, a Palestinian territory occupied by the Israeli army since 1967. However, it is unusual for them to take place simultaneously in several cities.
Since the beginning of the war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip, Triggered by the attack by the Palestinian Islamist movement on Israeli soil on October 7, violence has escalated in the West Bank.
Israeli authorities already claimed on Wednesday to have “eliminated” nine Palestinian fighters. For their part, The Palestinian Ministry of Health reported “12 dead” on Thursday. since the start of the Israeli raids the day before.
The five Palestinians killed on Thursday in the Nur Shams refugee camp in Tulkarem were “entrenched in a mosque,” according to the army. The Palestinian Islamist movement Islamic Jihad, an ally of Hamas, has confirmed the death of one of its commanders.
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Since October 7th, At least 637 Palestinians have been killed in the West Bank by the Israeli army or settlersaccording to the UN, and at least 19 Israelis, including soldiers, in Palestinian attacks or army operations in that Palestinian autonomous zone, according to official Israeli figures.