Israel's military launches wave of raids across the occupied West Bank

AP , Tuesday 7 Jan 2025

The Israeli military launched a wave of raids across the occupied West Bank overnight and into Tuesday, killing at least three Palestinians.

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Members of Israeli forces patrol a street during a military operation in the Tulkarem refugee camp near the West Bank city of Tulkarem. AP

 

The occupation army claimed it killed two Palestinian militants in an airstrike after they fired at troops in the area of Tamun, a village in the northern West Bank. It said another militant was killed in “close-quarters combat” in the nearby village of Taluza and that an Israeli soldier was severely wounded there.

The military said it arrested more than 20 suspected militants in different parts of the territory.

The Israeli military usually claims it targets militants in the West Bank, but the Palestinian Authority affirms they are civilians.

It said the overnight operations were not related to the shooting the day before, in which gunmen opened fire on a bus carrying Israelis in the West Bank, killing two women in their 70s and a 35-year-old policeman before fleeing the scene.

Israeli forces were pursuing those attackers in separate operations.

On Monday, The Israeli government greenlit further military operations in the West Bank in a series of encroachments on the occupied Palestinian territory, including more settlements.

Later on Monday, Israeli forces and terrorist settlers have escalated their assaults across the West Bank over the past 48 hours, targeting multiple towns, villages, and refugee camps, WAFA news agency reported.

The West Bank is part of the occupied Palestinian territories meant to form a sovereign Palestinian state, according to the Oslo Accords. Settlements built in the occupied West Bank violate international law and have been condemned numerous times by the global community. ​

*This story was edited by Ahram Online

 

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