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JERUSALEM — Israeli forces killed no less than 4 Palestinians, together with a 60-year-old lady, and wounded a number of others throughout a raid in a flashpoint space of the occupied West Financial institution on Thursday, Palestinian well being officers stated, the newest bloodshed in surging violence.
The violence occurred in what Palestinian well being officers described as a fierce operation within the Jenin refugee camp, a militant stronghold of the West Financial institution that has been a spotlight of almost a yr of Israeli arrest raids.
The Israeli army stated forces had been working within the space however didn’t instantly present some other particulars. Israeli media reported troops got here beneath fireplace in the course of the raid.
Palestinian Well being Minister Could Al-Kaila stated paramedics had been struggling to achieve the wounded amid the combating. She additionally accused the army of firing tear fuel on the pediatric ward of a hospital, inflicting kids to choke. The army had no fast remark.
Jenin hospital recognized the lady killed as Magda Obaid. The Palestinian Well being Ministry earlier recognized one other one of many useless as Saeb Azriqi, 24, who was dropped at a hospital in vital situation after being shot, and died from his wounds.
Tensions between Israelis and Palestinians have soared since Israel launched the raids final spring, following a spate of Palestinian assaults that killed 19 folks, whereas one other spherical of assaults later within the yr introduced the dying toll to 30.
Thursday’s violence brings the variety of Palestinians killed this yr to 24. Practically 150 Palestinians had been killed final yr, making 2022 the deadliest since 2004, in response to the Israeli rights group B’Tselem.
Israel says many of the useless had been militants. However youths protesting the incursions and others not concerned within the confrontations have additionally been killed.
Israel says the raids are supposed to dismantle militant networks and thwart future assaults. The Palestinians say they additional entrench Israel’s 55-year, open-ended occupation of lands they search for his or her future state.
Israel captured the West Financial institution, east Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip within the 1967 Mideast battle, territories the Palestinians declare for his or her hoped-for state.
