Heavy clashes have erupted between the Israeli forces and Palestinians across the occupied West Bank killing at least 11 Palestinians.
Nearly a dozen Palestinians killed in Israeli raid on West Bank
28 Aug 2024 - 14:33
Heavy clashes have erupted between the Israeli forces and Palestinians across the occupied West Bank killing at least 11 Palestinians.
Media reports say that the Israeli regime has imposed complete siege on Jenin, Tubas and Tulkarm while the Air Force deployed helicopters, fighter jets and drones to provide cover for ground forces during its brutal raid in the occupied West Bank.
Snipers were also reportedly deployed extensively inside and around the camps.
The raid, reportedly the largest since the 2002 Operation ‘Defensive Shield’, involves extensive use of the Israeli air force, large ground forces, and support from the Israeli Internal Security Service, Shabak, and undercover units.
In response to the Israeli operation, various Palestinian groups, including the Al-Qassam Brigades, the Al-Quds Brigades, and the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, announced armed resistance operations, including shooting attacks, clashes, and targeting Israeli military vehicles.
The brigades also announced that their fighters “were able to detonate a high-powered explosive device in a Zionist military bulldozer on the Nablus Street axis, achieving direct hits among its crew and putting it out of service.”
Meanwhile The Palestinian Red Crescent Society reported difficulties in reaching the casualties due to the camp’s blockade by Israeli occupation forces, which have been preventing ambulances from accessing the area and obstructing rescue operations. That as another group of regime forces surrounded all hospitals in the city.
The West Bank, occupied by Israel since 1967, has seen an increase in military incursions, with the situation escalating significantly since Israel began its genocidal war on Gaza on October 7.
According to official Palestinian sources, more than 640 Palestinians have been killed, and about 5,400 wounded in the West Bank since October 7, 2023, due to Israeli raids.
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