Palestinian medics say the Israeli navy has stormed right into a refugee camp within the northern occupied West Financial institution, sparking a gunfight with Palestinian militants and killing a Palestinian man
Mourners carry the physique of Mahmoud Jarad, 23, throughout his funeral within the West Financial institution metropolis of Tulkarem, Friday, Aug. 11, 2023. The Israeli navy stormed right into a refugee camp within the northern occupied West Financial institution on Friday, sparking a firefight with Palestinian gunmen and killing the 23-year-old militant, Palestinian authorities mentioned. (AP Photograph/Nasser Nasser)
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TULKAREM, West Financial institution — The Israeli navy stormed right into a refugee camp within the northern occupied West Financial institution on Friday, sparking a firefight with Palestinian gunmen and killing a Palestinian man, medics mentioned.
The raid into the Tulkarem refugee camp was the newest lethal Israeli navy operation into Palestinian cities and cities following a monthslong surge of violence that has escalated regional tensions, highlighted the weaknesses of the Palestinian Authority and helped gas rising militancy within the restive occupied territory.
The Israeli navy mentioned that Palestinians hurled explosive units, fireworks and stones at troops, who fired again. Palestinian gunmen additionally blocked the roads, opened hearth and burned tires within the cramped alleys of the camp, the military mentioned. The Palestinian Crimson Crescent mentioned that one man was killed and three others had been wounded by Israeli hearth.
The Tulkarem department of a loosely organized militant group often known as the Lion’s Den — which emerged within the northern metropolis of Nablus final yr — recognized the person killed as Mahmoud Jarad and claimed him as a member.
Israeli-Palestinian preventing within the West Financial institution has surged to ranges unseen in practically 20 years, with greater than 160 Palestinians killed by Israeli hearth for the reason that begin of 2023, in response to a tally by The Related Press.
Israel says most of these killed have been militants, however stone-throwing youths protesting the raids and others not concerned within the confrontations have additionally been killed.
At the least 26 individuals have been killed in Palestinian assaults towards Israelis throughout that point.
Israel says the raids are important to dismantle militant networks and thwart future assaults. The Palestinians see the violence as a pure response to 56 years of occupation, together with stepped-up settlement development by Israel’s authorities and elevated violence by Jewish settlers.
Israel captured the West Financial institution within the 1967 Mideast warfare, together with the Gaza Strip and east Jerusalem. Palestinians search these territories for his or her hoped-for unbiased state.
