Israeli troops and military aircraft killed at least eight Palestinians, including two women and a teenager, in attacks on the Tulkarem and Nur Shams refugee camps in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Health Ministry said.
Seven people were killed in an Israeli drone attack and army fire in the Tulkarem refugee camp, and one person was killed in the neighboring Nur Shams camp, the Health Ministry said. the continuation of a bloody day of Israeli military raids which began at dawn on Tuesday. .
The ministry said two Palestinian women – identified as Khawla Ali Abdullah Abdo, 53, and Bara Khalid Hussein, 30 – and an 18-year-old youth, Fathi Saeed Salem Obaid, were among seven people killed in Israeli attacks on Tulkarem .
The official Wafa news agency reported that the teenager died after being shot in the chest and abdomen and that the two women were believed to have been killed in drone strikes.
The Nur Shams camp victim was identified as Mahmoud Muhammad Khaled Amar, who was shot dead by Israeli soldiers and later found dead on the ground in the Abu Bakr as-Siddiq mosque area of the camp, Wafa also reports.
Several people were also injured in Nur Shams following an Israeli drone strike, the news agency said.
The Israeli army said in a statement it killed a Palestinian during an “anti-terrorism” operation in Tulkarem, while its forces arrested 18 other people and confiscated dozens of weapons.
The Israeli military later confirmed that an Israeli plane had carried out a strike on the Nur Shams refugee camp.
The Al-Qassam Brigades, Hamas’ armed wing, said in a statement that two of their members were killed in Tulkarem.
An improvised explosive device planted by Palestinian fighters that detonated during the Israeli raid on Tulkarem hit a vehicle in which the commander of the Israeli Menashe Brigade, Colonel Ayub Kayuf, was traveling, causing injury and requiring medical evacuation, a the Israeli army announced on Wednesday. .
Israeli military raids and further shootings against Palestinians were reported across the occupied West Bank on Tuesday evening and Wednesday morning.
Wafa reported that two Palestinians and a 15-year-old boy were shot and injured during an Israeli raid on the town of Beit Fruik, located east of Nablus.
Four Palestinian youths were also shot and injured in the town of Beit Ummar, north of Hebron, when Israeli troops at a checkpoint opened fire on the vehicle they were traveling in, Wafa reports. One of the four is in critical condition, the news agency said.
Another Palestinian was arrested by Israeli forces in the Old City of Hebron and searched. After being released, he was then shot in the thigh by soldiers for no reason, Wafa reports.
Israeli military bulldozers also demolished infrastructure during Tuesday’s raid on Tulkarem, including houses, shops, part of the walls of the as-Salam mosque and part of the camp’s water system, the agency said press.
Raids by Israeli forces against Palestinian communities in the occupied West Bank have increased in intensity and violence since the start of Israel’s war in Gaza in October 2023, following Hamas’ attack on southern Israel.
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported last week that 968 Palestinians were killed by Israeli forces and Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank between January 2023 and November 2024.
Of those killed, 210 were Palestinian children, OCHA reported.