Israel launched an attack on the Gaza Strip on Thursday morning in response to rocket fire from the area. At the same time, the number of victims of Wednesday’s action by Israeli forces in the West Bank city of Nablus rose to 11. “Poland expresses deep concern about the continuing high level of violence in the West Bank. (…) We follow with concern information about the operation of the Israeli security forces,” the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement.
Six rockets were fired from the Gaza Strip, five were intercepted by a missile defense system, and one fell in the open. The army responded Israel carried out a retaliatory attack on the Gaza Strip, Reuters reported on Thursday.
At the same time, it reported that the number of victims of Wednesday’s operation by Israeli forces in the West Bank city of Nablus had risen to 11. More than 100 people were injured in the clashes. Among the dead, it was reported, were leaders of the local branch of Palestinian Islamic Jihad and other local terrorist groups.
Clashes in NablusPAP/EPA
Clashes during an Israeli airstrike on the city of NablusPAP/EPA
Rockets from the Gaza Strip were most likely fired in response to this attack.
Representatives of Hamas, a Palestinian organization considered terrorist by many countries, including USA and countries of the European Union, condemned the killing of the Palestinians. They stated that “the occupiers are escalating their aggression against our people by storming the city of Nablus today and are keeping the population under siege,” and that Hamas cells in the Gaza Strip are “losing patience,” wrote the Jerusalem Post.
A Palestinian rebel fires a rifle during the funeral of a man who died in NablusPAP/EPA
“Poland expresses deep concern”
It addressed the matter Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. “Poland expresses deep concern about the continuing high level of violence in the West Bank, resulting in a very high number of victims over the past year and months,” the statement reads.
“In this context, we follow with concern information about today’s operation by Israeli security forces in Nablus, which resulted in the deaths of at least 10 people, 97 wounded and more than 200 suffered as a result of the use of tear gas,” the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement dated Wednesday.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, “in the spirit of the Statement of the Chairmanship of the Security Council UN of February 20, 2023,” called for “refraining from any unilateral actions that impede dialogue and for immediate de-escalation and the restoration of calm.”
“We emphasize that, in accordance with international humanitarian law, lethal force should be used proportionately and only as a last resort, and that civilians are always protected. The disproportionate use of force by the security forces, leading to civilian casualties, is unacceptable,” the ministry said. statement.
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