11 Palestinians killed in Israeli raid on West Bank
Smoke rises amid an Israeli military operation, in Jenin, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank July 4, 2023. (Reuters Photo)
The Israeli army killed 11 Palestinians in early Wednesday raids in the northern occupied West Bank.
In a brief statement, the Palestinian Health Ministry said six people in the city of Jenin and five others in Tubas were killed in separate Israeli army incursions.
The Israeli army has confirmed it was carrying out military raids in several areas in the northern West Bank, including in Jenin, Tubas and Tulkarem.
In separate statements, Palestinian groups, including Hamas and Islamic Jihad movement, said their fighters were engaged in clashes with Israeli forces in Jenin and Tulkarem.
In recent years, Israeli forces have conducted regular raids in the West Bank, with these operations intensifying following the war on Gaza last October that resulted in the deaths of over 40,400 Palestinians
Palestinians have also been violently attacked by illegal Israeli settlers.
The new deaths bring the toll in the West Bank since Oct. 7 to at least 662 Palestinians and nearly 5,400 others injured by Israeli army fire, according to the Health Ministry.
In a landmark opinion on July 19, the International Court of Justice declared Israel’s decadeslong occupation of Palestinian land unlawful and demanded the evacuation of all existing settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.
