Tulkarm (Palestinian Territories) (AFP) – Palestinians held funerals on Friday and assessed the harm of a days-long Israeli raid within the occupied West Bank, the place violence has surged since struggle erupted in Gaza.
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Residents gathered beside seven our bodies in a hospital in Tulkarem as the daddy of one of the lifeless wept within the nook, an AFP photographer mentioned.
Israeli forces withdrew Friday after raiding the Tulkarem space for nearly two days, throughout which the army mentioned troops killed “at least eight terrorists”.
Mourners threw flowers over these killed and masked gunmen fired within the air because the funeral procession made its method by Tulkarem refugee camp.
Automatic rifles have been later positioned on the shrouded our bodies, the AFP photographer mentioned.
Israel has occupied the West Bank since 1967 and its troops repeatedly perform incursions into Palestinian communities.
The raids have escalated because the struggle between Israel and Hamas in Gaza started greater than three months in the past, more and more lasting days and accompanied by air strikes.
Israel’s army mentioned they searched round 1,000 buildings round Tulkarem and interrogated a whole bunch of individuals, arresting dozens of them.
The Palestinian Prisoners’ Club advocacy group reported Thursday that some of these detained have been severely crushed by Israeli forces.
The military didn’t immediately reply to AFP questions concerning the allegation.
An military assertion mentioned troops seized weapons and destroyed “five explosives manufacturing laboratories”, whereas one soldier was critically wounded within the raid.
AFP journalists noticed widespread destruction in Tulkarem, together with a broken ambulance, a demolished home and different buildings with gaping holes within the partitions.
The camp had been flooded with mud and particles and diggers have been wanted to permit entry.
Since the Israel-Hamas struggle broke out on October 7, Israeli troops and settlers have killed greater than 360 individuals within the West Bank, in line with the Palestinian well being ministry.
Over the identical interval, Israeli forces have arrested greater than 6,000 Palestinians, in line with the Prisoners’ Club.
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