Five Palestinians were killed by Israeli gunfire in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, August 14, the local governor announced. A sixth person was also killed “climbed the wall” According to Israeli police, it separates Jerusalem from the West Bank.
“Israeli strikes kill five, four in Tammun and one in Tubas”Ahmed Saad told Agence France-Presse (AFP). The Israeli military added, “Retains the bodies of five” The men are a routine retaliation by Israeli forces in the West Bank.
The Israeli military, for its part, says it has “Initiated Counter-Terrorism Operation” In Dubas, “Destroyed Terrorist” And some should “Attack others during an exchange of fire”Especially using drones. He added in a press release “Wanted Persons Arrested and Arms Found and Seized”. Five kilometers away, in Tammon, the army of the Hebrew state writes it “Conducted airstrikes against several armed terrorists”. The Palestinian Red Cross said it was prevented from reaching the scene by the Israeli army.
Escalating violence in the West Bank
Earlier, Israeli police announced that a 16-year-old Palestinian had been shot dead “climbed the wall” separates Jerusalem from the West Bank “To throw Molotov cocktails”. Hit by a sniper’s bullet, “He was taken for treatment but was pronounced dead.”Police continue.
Violence has erupted in the West Bank, a Palestinian territory occupied by Israel since 1967 and geographically separated from Gaza by Israeli territory, since the start of the Gaza war, sparked by Hamas’ unprecedented attack on Israeli soil on October 7. .
At least 625 Palestinians were killed by the Israeli army or settlers, according to an AFP tally based on official Palestinian data, and at least 18 Israelis, including soldiers, in Palestinian attacks according to official data.
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