Palestinian militants in Gaza launched rockets at southern Israel and Israeli aircraft struck targets in the enclave. Violence is flaring hours after a deadly gun battle during a raid by Israeli troops in the occupied West Bank killed 10 Palestinians.
A 66-year-old man died after the raid from tear gas inhalation. The bloodshed extends one of the deadliest periods in years between Israelis and Palestinians in the West Bank, where dozens of Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fire since the start of the year. Palestinian attacks on Israelis in 2023 have killed 11 people.
The violence comes in the first weeks of Israel’s new far-right government, which has promised to take a tough line against the Palestinians and pledged to ramp up settlement construction on lands Palestinians seek for their future state. Israel was bracing for a retaliation and police were stepping up security in sensitive areas. A day after
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