Journalists collect on a destroyed highway as they cowl the second day of a large-scale army operation within the Nur Shams refugee camp in Tulkarem, within the occupied West Financial institution, on August 29, 2024. | Photograph credit score: AFP
The loss of life toll rose on Thursday (29 August 2024) as Israel pressed ahead with a large-scale army operation within the occupied West Financial institution for a second day, regardless of UN considerations that it’s “fuelling an already explosive scenario”.
The operation was launched as violence continued within the different predominant Palestinian territory, the Gaza Strip, which has been ravaged by warfare since Hamas’ unprecedented October 7 assaults on Israel.
Israel launched coordinated raids within the northern West Financial institution cities of Jenin, Tubas and Tulkarem early Wednesday morning (28 August 2024), in what the army referred to as an “anti-terror” operation.
Columns of Israeli armoured autos backed by troops and warplanes had been despatched in earlier than troopers surrounded refugee camps in Tubas and Tulkarem, in addition to Jenin, and exchanged hearth with Palestinian militants.
The army mentioned it killed 5 militants in Tulkarem on Thursday (29 August 2024), bringing the full loss of life toll because the launch of the operation within the West Financial institution to 14.
“Following exchanges of fireside, the forces eradicated 5 terrorists who had hidden inside a mosque” in Tulkarem, the military mentioned.
Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad confirmed the loss of life of Muhammad Jabber, also referred to as Abu Shujaa, its commander within the Nur Shams refugee camp in Tulkarem.
The violence has brought on important destruction, particularly in Tulkarem, whose governor referred to as the raids “unprecedented” and a “harmful signal.”
AFPTV footage confirmed bulldozers ripping up asphalt from metropolis streets. Widespread injury was reported to infrastructure, together with water and sewage networks.
The Palestinian Well being Ministry mentioned 12 Palestinians died on the primary day of the operation.
Witnesses mentioned Israeli forces had withdrawn from the Al-Farra refugee camp in Tubas, the place a number of Palestinians had been killed on Wednesday (28 August 2024).
