At least one Palestinian was killed and three others, together with a journalist, have been injured Tuesday in an Israeli military assault on occupied West Bank’s Tulkarem.
The Palestinian Red Crescent Society mentioned in an announcement that medical groups obtained the physique of a Palestinian from the Israeli military at a navy checkpoint close to Tulkarem and transported it to a hospital.
The official Palestinian news company WAFA reported that the Palestinian was shot and injured by the Israeli military after being besieged in his dwelling in Tulkarem’s Irtah neighborhood.
It added that the sufferer died of his wounds after the Israeli military continued besieging his dwelling and stopping medical groups from reaching him.
The news company reported {that a} journalist was among the many three injured individuals, as she was protecting the Israeli assault on the japanese areas of town.
The Red Crescent added the Israeli military arrested an injured Palestinian whereas he was being transferred to a hospital.
Meanwhile, Tulkarem Gov. Abdullah Kamil mentioned in an announcement that town’s reduction facilities are open to shelter households who’ve been compelled to flee the Tulkarem refugee camp attributable to Israeli assaults.
The assault on Tulkarem is an element of a bigger navy offensive within the Jenin refugee camp, the place not less than 18 individuals have been killed and 50 others injured since Jan. 21.
Tensions have been operating excessive throughout the West Bank attributable to Israel’s genocidal battle on Gaza, the place over 47,300 individuals have been killed and 111,500 others injured since Oct. 7, 2023. A cease-fire and prisoner alternate settlement took impact in Gaza on Jan. 19, suspending Israel’s genocidal battle on the enclave.
Over the identical interval, not less than 880 Palestinians have been killed and greater than 6,700 injured by Israeli forces within the West Bank, in line with the Palestinian Health Ministry.
In July, the International Court of Justice declared Israel’s long-standing occupation of Palestinian territories unlawful, calling for the evacuation of all settlements within the West Bank and East Jerusalem.
Source: www.dailysabah.com