Eight Palestinians killed by Israeli gunfire in West Bank in 24 hours, five of them in Jeninstronghold of Palestinian armed groups in the north of the territory occupied by Israel for five decades, according to a balance sheet communicated on Sunday by the Ministry of Health.
Five people were killed on Saturday by Israeli army gunfire in Jeninin a raid by numerous armored vehicles in the city, recent scene of the deadliest Israeli operation in West Bank for almost 20 years (14 deaths), according to the UN.
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Fifteen people were injured, medical sources told AFP.
Witnesses told AFP that the Israeli army surrounded a public hospital in Jenin, as well as the clinic Ibn Sinawhile the soldiers searched the ambulances.
The Israeli army said for its part that “carried out anti-terrorist actions in the Jenin refugee camp”, on the night of Saturday to Sunday.
The operation led to the arrest of the perpetrator of an attack that killed two Israelis in August, the Israeli army said.
Early in the morning, a 25-year-old doctor died in front of his house in Qabatiyanear Jenin, the ministry reported.
Another Palestinian died in Al Bireh, near Ramallahwhere the headquarters of the Palestinian Authorityand a third in Nablusindicated the source.
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The bloody attack of Hamaswho rules in the Gaza Stripon October 7, caused 1,200 deaths in Israel, most of them civilians, according to Israeli authorities. Among the dead, more than 300 were soldiers or members of the Israeli security forces.
In response, Israel bombs the Palestinian enclave daily, killing nearly 15,000 people, including 6,150 children, according to the Hamas government.
Violence also escalated in the West Bank, where since October 7 The Israeli army or settlers killed nearly 230 Palestinians, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health.
