In addition to the offensive in the Gaza Strip, which has killed more than 40,400 people, the Israeli army has been blamed for the deaths of five civilians in the past few hours, including two minors. Another person was killed in an attack attributed to Israeli settlers.
The Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) and Islamic Jihad have a climbing on the West Bank occupied after the Israeli army killed this morning five Palestiniansincluding two minors, in a bombing, and another citizen died in an attack attributed to Israeli settlers.
Five Palestinians have been killed in the past hours drone attack of the Israeli army in the refugee camp of Nur Shams from Tulkarem, in the northern West Bank, as confirmed by the Palestinian Ministry of Health.
In addition, a Palestinian in his forties has died in Wadi Rahal, south of nativity scene and in the center of the enclave, when a group Israeli settlers They attacked the village and opened fire on the inhabitants. The attackers have hurtin addition, to three other peopleas reported by the Palestinian Ministry of Health.
“One dead and three moderately injured as a result of the shooting by the settlers,” the ministry statement said, released early Tuesday morning.
This was reported by the Palestinian news agency Wafa. Israeli soldiers protected the group of settlers and fired tranquilizer grenades and poison gas at the villagers.
The occupied West Bank is experiencing the worst spiral of violence since the Second Intifada (2000-2005), with some 641 Palestinians killed in violent incidents with Israel since October 7 (149 minors), mostly with troops and a dozen of them at the hands of settlers. 2023 was the deadliest year in two decades with over 520 deaths.
“The escalation of the occupation’s aggression in the West Bank will increase our strength and determination, and will not be able to stem the tide of resistance and growing anger in the West Bank. We call on our people to continue to engage, confront and stand up to the occupation and its settlers,” a statement from Hamas.
On his part, Islamic Jihad has maintained that “the escalation” by Israel and “its settlers in the pace of their crimes in the occupied West Bank over the past few hours is evidence that the enemy has decided to shift the weight of its operations from Gaza to the West Bank.”
Source: EITB
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