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Israeli Raid on West Bank City Kills Nine Palestinians, Officials Say


Israeli forces raided the occupied West Bank City of Jenin early Thursday morning and killed at least nine Palestinians, including a 60-year-old woman, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry.

The Israeli military and a local Palestinian armed group said a gun battle between the Israeli army and Palestinian gunmen broke out during the raid.

The Palestinian Ministry of Health and the Palestine Red Crescent said more than a dozen people were injured from inhaling tear gas or gunfire. They accused the Israeli army of storming the hospital, firing tear gas into the hallways and preventing ambulances from reaching the wounded.

The Israeli military said the raid was an “anti-terrorist operation” and denied storming the hospital or firing tear gas.

Officials from the Palestinian Authority, which administers areas of the West Bank, condemned the raid and killing, and Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh said that Israeli forces continued to kill Palestinians, motivated by feeling unpunished. He called on the United Nations and international human rights organizations to intervene urgently to protect the Palestinian people and prevent further bloodshed.

These deaths bring the total number of Palestinians killed in the West Bank this year to 29, including at least five children. Last year, at least 166 Palestinians were killed in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. most dangerous years for Palestinians since the United Nations began tracking them in 2005. The majority are civilians, according to the United Nations and Palestinian human rights groups.

The toll rose as Israel stepped up military attacks in the West Bank in the spring of 2022 after Palestinian attackers carried out a series of attacks. attackskilled 19 Israelis and foreigners, most of them civilians, in the worst series of murders in years.

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