Palestinian Territories — Palestinian officials said Israeli troops killed five Palestinians, including two women, in a pre-dawn raid on a refugee camp in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday.
The deaths came when Israeli forces raided the Tulkarem camp in the northern West Bank, the head of its popular committee, Faisal Salamah, told AFP. An activist at the camp confirmed the toll. The Israeli military did not immediately comment.
Palestinian youth Mujahid Blas was abducted in Jenin by Israeli forces, who abused him, tied him to the front of a military jeep and paraded him around.
He was later handed over by the army to the Red Crescent. pic.twitter.com/jqDPA4DDWh— B.M. (@ireallyhateyou) June 22, 2024
The Palestinian Red Crescent said it had treated a 30-year-old man for bullet wounds to the abdomen, thigh and hand, and three women for shrapnel wounds, one of them to the eye.
Palestinian official news agency Wafa said more than 25 military vehicles, including bulldozers, stormed the camp, scooping up rubble to block off its narrow alleys.
🚨 Five Palestinians ascended to martyrdom as a result of the cowardly IOF drone strike in #Tulkarem Camp earlier today.
An Israeli bulldozer carries and steals the bodies of at least two slain Palestinians and takes them away from their families in Tulkarm. pic.twitter.com/tWTa4GovII
— Dr. Zain Abbadi (@ZainAbbadi11) July 23, 2024
The town of Tulkarem is known as a hub of Palestinian militant activity and is frequently raided by Israeli troops.
Violence in the West Bank has spiked since Hamas’s October 7 attack on Israel triggered war in Gaza.
Watch: Israeli military vehicles are seen during a raid in the Tulkarem camp for Palestinian refugees in the occupied West Bank. Palestinian officials said Israeli troops killed five Palestinians, including two women, in a pre-dawn raid on the camp. pic.twitter.com/2VM2IQ9wsh
— Wafa News Agency – English (@WAFANewsEnglish) July 23, 2024
At least 579 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli soldiers or settlers in the territory since the conflict began, according to health ministry figures.
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Source: AFP
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