Thirteen Palestinians were killed by Israeli forces on Thursday in the Nour Shams refugee camp in the north of the occupied West Bank, according to a rising toll released by the Palestinian Health Ministry on Friday.
The day before, the ministry had reported seven deaths in this “occupation attack (Israel, editor’s note) in the Nour Shams refugee camp,” adding that it had been informed of the presence of “other martyrs who could not have been transferred “. to the hospital by ambulance.
Five children were among the thirteen dead, the ministry added.
According to the Palestinian Authority, at least 81 Palestinians in the West Bank have been killed by Israeli forces or Israeli settlers since October 7, when the ruling Islamist movement in Gaza launched a bloody attack on Israeli soil, marking the origins of a new war that has left thousands dead demanded.
The Israeli army said Thursday it used a drone that “killed a number of terrorists” in Nour Shams. In a press release, it reported an “exchange of shots and explosives thrown at security forces” during an “anti-terror” operation.
An Israeli police officer from the border guard unit was killed “during clashes with armed terrorists,” police added in a statement.
Since October 7, Israeli forces have made hundreds of arrests across the West Bank, including suspected Hamas members.
More than 1,400 people have been killed by Hamas men on Israeli territory since October 7th. Most civilians were mowed down by bullets, burned alive or died as a result of mutilations on the first day of the attack by fighters from the Palestinian Islamist movement in Gaza, according to Israeli authorities. According to the Israeli army, around 1,500 Hamas fighters were killed in the counteroffensive, which allowed Israel to regain control of the areas attacked.
According to the latest report from local authorities, more than 3,700 Palestinians, mostly civilians, have been killed in incessant bombings by the Israeli army in the Gaza Strip.