Deadliest period in West Bank in 15 years – Times of India
More Palestinians have been killed in the Israeli-occupied West Bank in the past few weeks than in any similar period in at least the past 15 years, according to Palestinian health authorities and historical data from the United Nations.
Since October 7, killings have surged in the West Bank, including annexed east Jerusalem, with the Palestinian death toll reaching 101 Palestinians, according to the Ramallah-based health ministry on Wednesday.Over the same period, the Israeli military has reported one member of the security forces killed while taking part in a raid.
Most of the Palestinian deaths in the West Bank have been in clashes with Israeli forces, while others were the result of settler attacks.
In the latest violence, three Palestinians were killed in Jenin and one in Qalqilya, both in the northern West Bank. One Palestinian was also killed in Qalandia, just north of Jerusalem. The health ministry said they were killed by Israeli “bullets and missiles”. The Israeli military said it launched a drone strike on “terrorists” in the densely populated Jenin refugee camp. “Armed terrorists fired and hurled explosive devices at Israeli security forces” in the camp, an army statement said.
Israel has occupied West Bank since the 1967 Arab-Israeli war and withdrew from Gaza in 2005, subsequently imposing a crippling blockade on the territory.
Since October 7, killings have surged in the West Bank, including annexed east Jerusalem, with the Palestinian death toll reaching 101 Palestinians, according to the Ramallah-based health ministry on Wednesday.Over the same period, the Israeli military has reported one member of the security forces killed while taking part in a raid.
Most of the Palestinian deaths in the West Bank have been in clashes with Israeli forces, while others were the result of settler attacks.
In the latest violence, three Palestinians were killed in Jenin and one in Qalqilya, both in the northern West Bank. One Palestinian was also killed in Qalandia, just north of Jerusalem. The health ministry said they were killed by Israeli “bullets and missiles”. The Israeli military said it launched a drone strike on “terrorists” in the densely populated Jenin refugee camp. “Armed terrorists fired and hurled explosive devices at Israeli security forces” in the camp, an army statement said.
Israel has occupied West Bank since the 1967 Arab-Israeli war and withdrew from Gaza in 2005, subsequently imposing a crippling blockade on the territory.
