Israeli forces kill 3 Palestinians in overnight raid near West Bank's Tulkarm city
- Last updated: May 4, 2024 | 18:48
Israeli forces killed at least three Palestinians in an overnight raid in a village near the city of Tulkarm in the West Bank, according to Palestinian officials and a Reuters reporter at the scene.
The Palestinian Health Ministry said one of the Palestinians had died on the way to hospital on Saturday following the raid in Deir Al Ghusun, while a Reuters reporter at the scene saw Israeli forces leave the village with two other bodies.
Saturday's operation in Tulkarm, a flashpoint city, was the latest in a series of clashes in the occupied West Bank between Israeli forces and Palestinians that has been escalating for more than two years but which has picked up in intensity since the Hamas-Israel war last October.
At least 460 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces or Jewish settlers in the West Bank or East Jerusalem since Oct.7, according to Palestinian Health Ministry records.
At least 34,654 Palestinians have been killed and 77,908 wounded in Israel's military offensive on Gaza since Oct. 7, the Gaza health ministry said in a statement on Saturday.
Reuters