Palestinian officials said that Israeli forces raided and carried out an air strike in a Palestinian refugee camp in the West Bank, killing at least 12 people, while Israeli police said that a policeman was killed during the raid.
The Israeli military said the strike, a rare use of air power in the West Bank, targeted a group of Palestinians who “posed a threat to soldiers in the area.” He added that 10 Palestinians were arrested during the raid.
The official news agency of the Palestinian Authority (Wafa) said that dozens of Palestinians were injured during clashes in the Nour Shams refugee camp adjacent to the city of Tulkarm, near the border with Israel.
The army said it carried out the raid on Thursday in Nour Shams “to arrest wanted suspects, destroy terrorist infrastructure, and confiscate weapons.”
Israeli police said that a reserve service member who was part of a secret unit was killed during the raid. No details were provided.
Wafa reported that seven of the dead were taken to hospital, while the other five were in a mosque inside the camp.
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2023-10-19 21:53:29
