Almost 60 Palestinians killed and 360 detained in the West Bank since the start of the war in Gaza

Israeli forces and settlers killed 58 Palestinians in West Bank occupied since the outbreak of war between Israel and the Islamic group Hamas in Link ten days ago, and the attacks continue, resulting in the detention of at least 360 Palestinians, including around 210 suspected members of Hamas.

This morning, a 21-year-old Palestinian man died after being shot in the head by forces Israelis in the refugee camp Aqabat Jaberin the city of Jerichoand three other people were injured, one of them seriously, the Palestinian Ministry of Health said in a statement.

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In turn, Israeli forces arrested 73 Palestinians in recent hours in attacks in various parts of the West Bankbetween them Bethlehem, Salfit, Ramallah, Nablus, Tulkarem, Hebron or Jerichosaid the official Palestinian news agency. Wafa.

A military spokesman confirmed to EFE that the Israeli Army launched a broad arrest campaign last night.

“During the night, 40 suspects were detained, wanted for participation in terrorist activities, and numerous weapons were confiscated. Of the suspects detained, around 20 are members of the Hamas terrorist organization“, said the spokesperson.

confirmed the attack on Aqabat Jaber where, he said, Israeli troops were received “with gunshots and Molotov cocktails, to which they responded with gunfire”and that a person “was hit”, although there were no injuries among the soldiers.

In the neighborhood DheishaSouth of Bethlehemtroops fired at Palestinians who threw stones and fireworks at them, he added.

On the other hand, today a Palestinian died, injured in the head in clashes in Tulkarm last Friday, while the total number of people injured or affected by police interventions with tear gas for ten days for everyone West Bank There are more than 1,250, specifically Health.

Five of the fatalities recorded in the last ten days were murdered by far-right Israeli settlerswho also intensified their usual harassment activities against Palestinian villages, destroying agricultural land, damaging homes and attacking people, often with gunfire.

Tension in the West Bank has increased enormously since Hamas launched, on October 7, an attack by land, sea and air from Gaza, which caused at least 1,400 deaths, the vast majority of them civilians, and triggered a harsh counterattack by Israelwhich has been bombing the Gaza Strip for ten days, with a balance, so far, of at least 2,750 Palestinians killed and 9,700 injured.

The West Bank, territory occupied by Israel since 1967, is partially under the administration of the Palestinian National Authority (ANP), formed by the party Fatágroup faced with Hamas since 2007, when the Islamic movement took control of Link.

Even so, Hamas It has a wide presence in the territory of the West Bank, with influence among its population, and in many locations there are groups linked to the Brigades al-Qassamits armed wing, which has claimed responsibility for several attacks against Israeli security forces and settlers throughout this year, the deadliest ever in West Bank since the times of Second Intifada (2000-2005).

The deaths in the West Bank territory in first seven days of the war They also mark the highest number of deaths in one week in at least the last two decades.

Source: Elcomercio

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