Six Palestinians were killed today in a series of raids by the Israeli army in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Authority’s Ministry of Health announced. Three of these Palestinians, aged 17 to 26 years, were killed in Jenin, a stronghold of various Palestinian armed organizations, where two other Palestinians lost their lives yesterday, Thursday, to the fire of the Israeli army.
According to the Palestinian Wafa news agency, two of the Palestinians killed today died of drone strike against house in Jenin refugee camp. In the area of Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank, two Palestinians, aged 33 and 36, were killed during the raid Israeli army in al-Fawwar refugee camp, as the ministry and Wafa pointed out.
His army Israel it also raided the Qalandiya refugee camp, north of Jerusalem, during which a 19-year-old Palestinian was killed, according to the same sources. The Israeli army has not commented on these raids.
At the same time, a Palestinian who was injured yesterday by Israeli fire near Nablus, in the northern part of the West Bank, succumbed to his injuries today, the Ministry of Health noted.
Yesterday three Palestinians and one Israeli were killed in violent incidents in various areas of the West Bank.
The situation in the West Bank, a Palestinian territory occupied by Israel in 1967, was tense even before the outbreak of this war, with frequent raids by the Israeli army, escalation of settler violence against Palestinians, and Palestinian attacks against settlers and Israelis forces. The situation worsened after the outbreak of war between Israel and Hamas on October 7.
More than 140 Palestinians have been killed in the West Bank by Israeli soldiers or settlers since October 7, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health. During the same period, about 1,900 Palestinians have been arrested in the West Bank by Israeli security forces, according to the Palestinian Prisoners’ Rights Organization.
Source: News Beast
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