The Israel Defense Forces insisted it was “not forcing the Palestinians to evacuate,” but said it had “allowed residents of the camp to evacuate … through an organized and secured point.”
An Israeli drone strike on a vehicle near the West Bank town of Qabatiya killed two people, the Palestinian health ministry said on Friday, the fourth day of a large-scale Israeli operation in the nearby city of Jenin launched after the truce in Gaza.
An Israeli airstrike killed two Hamas militants in Tulkarm, escalating tensions in the West Bank amid a Gaza ceasefire. The Israeli military targeted a local Hamas leader, while ongoing operations in Jenin involve hundreds of troops.
At least 10 people have been killed in the raids, and more than 40 wounded, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry. Dozens have been arrested, Palestinian officials told the Wafa news agency.
In conjunction with its assault on Jenin, Israeli occupation forces killed two Palestinians and injured three others on Monday in Tulkarm in the occupied West Bank.
While a cease-fire is in effect with the Palestinian Hamas in the south, the Israeli military ramped up its operations over the weekend against terrorists in the north and west, Israel Defense
The city of Jenin, a Palestinian militant stronghold in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, has become a new front for Israel days after it reached a ceasefire deal with Hamas that suspended a 15-month-old war in Gaza.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke with China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi by phone on Friday, China's foreign ministry said, the first call between the two top diplomats since President Donald Trump's administration took office on Monday.
An Israeli air strike killed two Palestinian militants in the city of Tulkarm on Monday, Hamas said, underscoring Israel's renewed focus on armed groups in the occupied West Bank since the start of the ceasefire in Gaza.
Houthi warned Israel against violating the Gaza ceasefire agreement and restarting its brutal war. The Houthi chief said Yemeni fighters will resume their operations against Israeli targets in such a scenario.
In the occupied West Bank, Israeli forces shot dead a 2-year-old Palestinian girl named Laila Muhammad Ayman al-Khatib on Saturday. The girl was eating dinner with her family in their living room when Israeli snipers fired four shots into their home near Jenin.