Israeli forces open fireplace on a household at Nur Shams camp, killing a Palestinian girl and critically injuring her husband.
The Israeli navy has expanded its assaults within the occupied West Financial institution, killing an eight-month-pregnant girl throughout a raid on the Palestinian territory’s Nur Shams refugee camp.
The troops opened fireplace on a Palestinian household on the camp, killing Sondos Jamal Muhammad Shalabi and critically injuring her husband, the Palestinian Ministry of Well being stated in a press release on Sunday.
The ministry stated medical groups have been unable to save lots of the 23-year-old girl’s fetus, as a result of the Israeli navy prevented them from transferring the injured couple to a hospital.
Palestine’s Wafa information company stated the Israeli military raided the camp in occupied West Financial institution’s Tulkarem area early on Sunday and deployed heavy equipment and bulldozers, raiding dozens of properties as reconnaissance planes flew at low altitudes.
Native sources instructed Al Jazeera Arabic additionally they heard sounds of heavy gunfire and large explosions.
Earlier, the Palestine Purple Crescent Society additionally stated Israeli troopers prevented its medical groups from getting into the camp, regardless of stories of casualties.
Israel, which claimed its operation focused what it known as “disruptive actions” within the camp, has imposed a curfew within the space.
The raid on Nur Shams camp got here as Israeli forces proceed their weeks-long military operation within the north of the occupied West Financial institution, focusing on Jenin, camps in Tulkarem and Far’a in Tubas governorate.
The assaults have displaced greater than 26,000 Palestinians from their properties in Jenin and Tulkarem up to now few weeks.
Since a ceasefire in Gaza was introduced final month, Israel has elevated the frequency and depth of its assaults throughout the occupied West Financial institution.
Wafa reported that extra Israeli navy reinforcements have been deployed in direction of Far’a camp from the Hamra checkpoint, as Israeli forces proceed to destroy infrastructure and personal property within the space.
Raids on residents’ properties and subject interrogations have additionally been ongoing, a day after Israeli troopers forcibly displaced dozens of households, with a few of them now sheltering in colleges. At the least eight Palestinians have been arrested in Far’a.
Reporting from Amman, Jordan, Al Jazeera’s Nour Odeh stated Israel’s conduct in Gaza is now being repeated within the occupied West Financial institution.
“The said purpose of this [Israeli] navy assault [in the occupied West Bank]… comes below the banner or the pretext of combating so-called terrorism,” she stated.
“However the agenda of this [Israeli] coalition authorities included, lengthy earlier than October 7, 2023, the annexation of the occupied West Financial institution,” Odeh added.
“And so, to be able to try this, [Israeli] ministers have brazenly and repeatedly stated they need to first shatter the concept Palestinian freedom is feasible, cleanse the world from as many Palestinians as potential and encourage their voluntary migration.”
