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Wed 28 Aug 2024 7:18 am - Jerusalem Time
Updated: 10 Palestinians killed and 20 wounded in the northern West Bank
The Palestinian Ministry of Health announced that the total number of victims who arrived at hospitals as a result of the occupation's aggression in Jenin and Tubas (9 persons), since last night.
The Red Crescent told Al Arabiya TV that 10 citizens were killed and 20 others were injured in different areas of the West Bank.
The Israeli army announced the launch of a military operation in the northern West Bank.
Commenting on this military campaign, the official Israeli radio confirmed that the operation launched by the army in the northern West Bank is the largest since Operation Defensive Shield in 2002, and that it is being carried out with the participation of the air force and large forces.
Yedioth Ahronoth reported that the operation was extensive and on the level of a military division. It said that the Israeli internal security service (Shabak) and undercover forces joined the army in its operations, adding that the army is using helicopters and fighter jets extensively.
For its part, the Israeli Channel 14 said that the army has mobilized thousands of soldiers from special units in preparation for this large-scale operation, which mainly targets cities in the northern West Bank, and that special units from the army, the Border Guard, and a unit affiliated with the Shin Bet are participating in it. It confirmed that a large number of soldiers arrived at the Fara’a camp in Tubas on board military helicopters.
Referring to the reasons behind launching this large-scale military operation, the Israeli channel quoted military officials as saying that "the situation in the West Bank has become a source of serious concern for Israel."
In Jenin:
Three young men were killed after an Israeli drone bombed a vehicle in the village of Seir, southeast of Jenin, at dawn on Wednesday.
The Red Crescent said that its crews retrieved 3 victims from inside the vehicle that was bombed between the villages of Seir and Masiliya, south of Jenin, and they are being transferred to the hospital.
Tubas:
Four young men were killed and others were injured, at dawn on Wednesday, as a result of an Israeli drone strike on Al-Far'a camp, south of Tubas.
Medical sources reported that 4 people were killed and a number of young men were injured, after the occupation forces carried out a bombing operation using a drone on Al-Far'a camp.
Red Crescent sources also reported that their crews are facing difficulty in reaching a number of the injured, due to the camp being besieged and the occupation forces preventing the arrival of ambulances and obstructing the work of their crews.
The occupation forces stormed the camp at midnight with a large number of infantry soldiers, followed by military reinforcements to the camp from the direction of the Hamra military checkpoint, accompanied by a bulldozer.
The occupation forces also deployed snipers extensively inside and around the camp and imposed a siege on the camp, amidst the outbreak of clashes with the occupation forces. At the same time, the camp's skies witnessed intensive flights of drones.
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Updated: 10 Palestinians killed and 20 wounded in the northern West Bank