RAMALLAH: An Israeli operation in a Palestinian refugee camp in the north of the occupied West Bank left six people dead and several others wounded early on Wednesday, according to the Palestinian ministry of health.

“Six martyrs killed by the occupation (Israel) and some who were seriously wounded were transported to the Thabet Thabet government hospital in Tulkarem,” the ministry said in a short statement.

According to the official Palestinian news agency Wafa, the six people were killed by Israeli air strikes on the Nur Shams refugee camp near the town of Tulkarem, where Israeli soldiers were also deployed.

More than 300 Palestinians in Israeli-occupied West Bank have been killed by Israeli forces and settlers since the Gaza crisis erupted on Oct 7, according to the Ramallah-based Pales­tinian health ministry.

The West Bank was under Jordanian control until 1967, when it was captured by Israel in the six-day war.

The area is administered by the Palestinian Authority under the 1993 Oslo accords. The Gaza Strip is being run by Hamas since 2007.

Published in Dawn, December 28th, 2023

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