At least four Palestinians arrested and 17 others injured in Israeli drone strikes on Nur Shams refugee camp in Tulkarem.
Israeli forces arrested at least four Palestinians and injured 17 others after carrying out nighttime raids in occupied West Bank towns during which they fired drones, according to Tel Aviv Tribune’s Nida Ibrahim.
Two nighttime drone attacks on the Nur Shams refugee camp in Tulkarem caused injuries, Ibrahim said, reporting from Ramallah, citing medical sources.
During the raids, Israeli forces also blocked the entrance to two hospitals in the region, delaying access to care for many injured people.
It was the fourth time Israeli forces had stormed the area in less than a week, Ibrahim said, as they pursued a small group of armed men they regularly clash with during such incursions.
In Tulkarem, Israeli military vehicles fired “live ammunition and flares” over the camp, while stationing snipers atop local buildings, the Palestinian Wafa news agency reported.
Israeli forces attacked several other Palestinian towns overnight, including near Jericho, Hebron and occupied East Jerusalem, in operations that became almost nighttime.
Israel arrested at least 14 Palestinians in West Bank towns on Friday.
During the incursions, Israeli forces arrested at least four Palestinians, according to Ibrahim, adding to the more than 4,800 they have taken to the West Bank and East Jerusalem since the Gaza war began on October 7.
Israel regularly holds Palestinians in prison without charge under a system of administrative detention that rights groups say is a tool to “persecute Palestinians.”
Ibrahim said Palestinians see the raids as a reminder of “who has the upper hand – who has control” over their lives.
Since October 7, Israeli military raids and settler attacks have killed more than 300 Palestinians, including 79 children, prompting the United Nations last week to urge an end to “unlawful killings.”
More than 500 people have been killed in the occupied territories this year, according to the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees, making it “the deadliest year on record” for Palestinians.
