Israeli forces killed at least five Palestinians, who allegedly armed, in raid on A refugee camp in the West Bank on Israeli security officials said on Monday.
Raid in the city of Presumably, Jericho came in Failed response attack on The Israelis who are likely to further exacerbate tensions in the region.
But the Palestinian Ministry of Health did not do so immediately confirm death, saying only that three were wounded, one of them decisively.
Violence comes in between one of The bloodiest period in Last few years in The Israeli-Palestinian conflict f in the first weeks of Israel new governmentis the far right of all, who has promised to take a hard line against Palestinians.
Israeli military claimed it was operating in Aqabat Jabr camp to detain suspects behind a failed shooting attack last month in the West Bank restaurantwhere the attackers were allegedly thwarted by a weapon malfunction.
The attackers then fled the scene military Adding that they are members of armed Hamas group that rules The Gaza Strip, and it contains elements in West Bank as well.
the military He claimed he was looking Monday for gunman group behind The shooting that reportedly locked itself inside a home in refugee camp.
During the search, the armed forces and A.A gun battle arouse. the military Several claimed of militants who killed were involved in try attack on the restaurant.
Two Israeli security officials said of The five dead are alleged members of Hamas in try attack. He claimed that the other three were armed who may exchange fire with forces during the raid.
Officials spoke on condition of Anonymity because they are not authorized to discuss the raid with the media.
Hamas said it mourned the dead of Members of Its armed wing, without specifying how Many died. Hamas spokesman Hazem Qassem said there would be violence met with Response.
“our people And their resistance will not be long in coming in reply to this crime,” He said.
The raid comes days after an earlier incursion in Aqabat Jaber camp, close to the Palestinians city of Jericho is a desert oasis in a area of The West Bank, which rarely witnesses such unrest, was where the troops were also seek for the suspects.
Since shooting at a nearby Israeli settlement military have been blocked access To several roads in Jericho – a closure that was put in place city under semiSiege, chaos business And creating Video clips showed suffocation that lasted for hours at the checkpoints, even affecting the Palestinian security forces.
Monday’s violence comes days after the establishment of an Israeli military raid on In the Jenin refugee camp, 10 Palestinians, most of them activists, were killed also A 61.yearAn old woman.
the next A day of Palestinian shooting attack outside Synagogue in East Jerusalem killed seven peopleincluding 14-year-old.
The Israeli army has escalated up Night raids in occupied West Bank since a series of deadly Palestinian attacks inside Israel last spring.
Over the last year of Escalating raids, Jericho remained somewhat of A sleepy desert town, spare plenty of violence.
Palestinian Authority , in revenge for last This week’s raid on Jenin camp announced the cessation of security coordination with Israel.
Nearly 150 Palestinians were killed last year in West Bank and East Jerusalem, making it the deadliest year in Those areas since 2004, according to Israeli rights data group B’Tselem.
since start of this year41 Palestinians were killed in those areas. about 30 people were killed in Israel by the Palestinians in 2022.
Israeli army says Most of The Palestinians killed were activists. But the stone-throwing Young people protesting the invasions, others are not involved in her confrontations also killing.
Israel occupied the West Bank, Gaza Strip and East Jerusalem in 1967 war in the Middle East. The Palestinians seek those areas for they hope-for Independent country.
