Palestinian ladies stand close to the location broken by a drone strike on the Nur Shams refugee camp in Tulkarm, within the Israeli-occupied West Financial institution, August 27, 2024. | Photograph credit score: REUTERS
5 Palestinians had been killed in aIsraeli assault within the Nur Shams refugee camp within the West Financial institution on Monday (August 26, 2024), the Palestinian Ministry of Well being stated in a press release.
The official Palestinian information company Wafa stated 4 loud explosions had been heard after an Israeli drone focused a home within the camp within the West Financial institution city of Tulkarem. Israel had no quick remark.
Clashes within the occupied West Financial institution have escalated sharply because the begin of the Gaza battle final yr, as Israeli forces have stepped up operations in opposition to armed militant teams together with Hamas and the Iran-backed Islamic Jihad.
Hundreds of Palestinians have been arrested and no less than 637 killed, a lot of them armed fighters however others had been younger stone-throwers or uninvolved civilians.