Israeli troops and military aircraft have 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 strike and shelling by troops in the Tulkarem refugee camp, and one person was killed in the nearby Nur Shams camp, the Health Ministry said, after a bloody day of Israeli military raids that began in Tuesday dawn. .
The ministry said two Palestinian women – identified as Khawla Ali Abdullah Abdo, 53, and Bara Khalid Hussein, 30 – and an 18-year-old, Fathi Saeed Salem Obaid, were among seven people killed in the Israeli strikes in Tulkarem.
The official Wafa news agency reported that the teenager died after being shot in the chest and abdomen, and the two women were reported killed by drone strikes.
The victim in the Nur Shams camp was identified as Mahmoud Muhammad Khaled Amar, who was shot by Israeli soldiers and later found dead on the ground in the Abu Bakr as-Siddiq Mosque neighborhood of the camp, Wafa also reports.
Several people were also injured in Nur Shams after an Israeli drone strike, the news agency said.
The Israeli military said in a statement that it killed a Palestinian in a “counter-terrorism” operation in Tulkarem, while its forces arrested 18 other people and confiscated dozens of weapons.
The Israeli military later confirmed that an Israeli jet had carried out an attack on the Nur Shams refugee camp.
The Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, said in a statement that two of its members were killed in Tulkarem.
An improvised explosive device planted by Palestinian fighters and detonated during the Israeli raid in Tulkarem hit a vehicle in which Israel's Menashe Brigade commander, Colonel Ayub Kayuf, was traveling, injuring him and requiring medical evacuation, the army said. Israeli early Wednesday. .
Israeli military attacks and other shootings of Palestinians were reported across the occupied West Bank late Tuesday and into Wednesday morning.
Wafa reported that two Palestinians and a 15-year-old were shot and wounded during an Israeli raid in the town of Beit Fruik, located east of Nablus.
Four Palestinian youths were also shot and wounded 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 was in critical condition, the news agency said.
Another Palestinian was stopped by Israeli forces in the old city of Hebron and searched. After he was released, he was shot in the thigh by the troops for no reason, reports Wafa.
Israeli military bulldozers also destroyed infrastructure during Tuesday's raid in Tulkarem, including houses, shops, part of the walls of the al-Salam mosque and part of the camp's water network, the news agency said.
Raids by Israeli forces on Palestinian communities across the occupied West Bank have increased in intensity and violence since Israel's war on Gaza began in October 2023 after Hamas attacked southern Israel.
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported last week that 968 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces and Israeli settlers across the occupied West Bank between January 2023 and November 2024.
Of those killed, 210 were Palestinian children, OCHA reported.
