Assault on village of Sir brings Palestinian loss of life toll within the territory to no less than 790 since starting of Gaza warfare.
Not less than 4 Palestinians have been killed in an Israeli operation within the occupied West Financial institution, in keeping with authorities.
The assault occurred within the village of Sir close to Jenin on Sunday, in keeping with the Palestinian Ministry of Well being. It mentioned the killings have been a results of “the occupation’s aggression”. Israel’s navy additionally confirmed that 4 Palestinians have been killed, describing them as “terrorists”.
The Palestine Pink Crescent Society, in the meantime, reported that Israeli forces had been “stopping our groups from reaching the bombing website”.
Fares Irshaid, a resident of Sir, described the assault to the AFP information company.
“Within the morning, the planes got here and began bombing this space,” Irshaid mentioned. “Shortly after that, the military stormed all the space. They declared it a closed navy zone.”
“There was a bunch of younger males, together with my nephew and the son of our neighbours, and we have no idea their destiny,” he informed the information company.
Israel has not launched the our bodies of these killed though the navy recognized one of many lifeless as 31-year-old Wael Lahluh.
There was a surge in Israeli navy operations and violence by Israeli settlers within the occupied West Financial institution because the warfare in Gaza started on October 7, 2023.
Not less than 780 Palestinians have been killed within the West Financial institution, including to the 44,429 Palestinians killed in Gaza because the outbreak of the warfare.
Israel mentioned 24 Israelis have been killed within the West Financial institution throughout that interval whereas Hamas’s assault on southern Israel on October 7, 2023, killed no less than 1,139 folks.
‘Drone assault’
Chatting with Al Jazeera, Willem Marx, a journalist based mostly within the West Financial institution, mentioned Sunday’s operation was initially “a drone assault, utilizing bullets towards vehicles”.
“It appears the lads inside [the cars] then fled on foot to a close-by agricultural space for storing in fairly a distant area simply southeast of the town of Jenin,” he mentioned.
He added the Israeli navy has mentioned these killed have been reportedly liable for a number of assaults on Israeli settlers. The navy mentioned Lahluh had killed a 23-year-old settler in August.
Whereas Israeli settlements are unlawful below worldwide legislation and are seen as a serious impediment to a future Palestinian state, the federal government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has continued their expansion. The navy frequently intervenes to guard Israeli settlers.
The newest Israeli operation was carried out after Israel final month launched a number of raids in Jenin, killing 9 folks.
Two Palestinians, together with a teenage boy, have been additionally killed throughout an Israeli raid within the West Financial institution village of Yabad on November 24, in keeping with the Palestinian Authority.
