The situation is escalating in the West Bank. A number of Palestinians die in clashes between Israeli security forces and gunmen. Israeli soldiers are injured.
The Israeli army and border police say they killed at least ten gunmen during a major military operation in the West Bank. An army spokesman said eight Israeli soldiers and a member of the covert Jamas special unit of the Magaw border police were also injured in fighting in the Nur Schams refugee camp in Tulkarem. The emergency services were shot at and attacked with explosive devices.
The Ministry of Health in the West Bank reported 14 dead in the two-day military operation, including a 16-year-old teenager. However, there is hardly any information from the sealed-off city, where the internet is also switched off, reported the Palestinian news agency Wafa. The information provided by both sides could not initially be independently verified.
According to the army, eight wanted suspects were arrested, explosive devices were defused and numerous buildings were searched. In addition, an explosives workshop was destroyed and numerous weapons were confiscated, including pistols and M16 assault rifles.
According to reports from Palestinian media that were initially not officially confirmed, the local commander of the Palestinian terrorist organization Islamic Jihad, Mohammed Jaber, was among those killed. Palestinian media reported that the army caused severe damage to roads, water and power lines and destroyed numerous residential buildings during its operation. The army reportedly left Nur Shams after 50 hours.
The situation in the West Bank has worsened
The situation in the West Bank has become significantly worse since the war between Israel and the Islamist Hamas in the Gaza Strip began on October 7th. According to the Ministry of Health, 460 Palestinians have since been killed in the West Bank alone. Most of them died in Israeli military operations. Some were also killed in their own attacks on Israelis.
Israel conquered, among other things, the West Bank and East Jerusalem in the Six-Day War in 1967. The Palestinians claim the areas for their own state with East Jerusalem as its capital.
The Israeli army also continued its fight against the Islamist Hamas in the Gaza Strip. After a rocket attack on the Israeli town of Sderot on Friday, the launch pad in the town of Beit Hanun in the Gaza Strip was bombed, the army said on Saturday. Dozens of air strikes were also carried out on terrorist targets in other parts of the Gaza Strip. There were several air alarms in northern Israel on the border with Lebanon, indicating a possible attack by the Shiite militia Hezbollah, which is allied with Iran.
Source: Stern
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