Deaths in Tulkarm bring toll to 16 during Israel’s deadliest operation in occupied territory since 7 October
Palestinians inspect the destroyed area and salvage items after the Israeli military raided the Nur Shams refugee camp in Tulkarm, West Bank, 29 August 2024.Palestinians inspect the destroyed area and salvage items after the Israeli military raided the Nur Shams refugee camp in Tulkarm, West Bank, 29 August 2024.
The Israeli operation comes amid mounting fears over the trajectory of the already serious violence in the West Bank, which has been fuelled byIn recent weeks Israeli defence officials have voiced their fears that the situation in the West Bank could boil over, turning the territory into a major new front in Israel’s ongoing conflicts, even as the war in Gaza continues and
Referring to the latest West Bank assault, Israel’s foreign minister, Israel Katz, said in a post on X overnight: “This is a war in every sense, and we must win it.” He accused Iran of working to destabilise Jordan and establish an eastern front against Israel via arms smuggling networks, as it has done in Gaza and in Lebanon.
The armed wings of the Hamas, Islamic Jihad and Fatah factions said in separate statements on Wednesday their gunmen were detonating bombs against Israeli military vehicles in Jenin, Tulkarm, and Far’a, a town in the Jordan Valley.
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