Three Palestinians were killed in an Israeli army raid on a refugee camp in the West Bank on Monday morning.
According to the Palestinian Ministry of Health, the three males were killed during a raid in Balata, a refugee camp near Nablus. The ministry reported that six persons were injured. Including one who was in critical condition.
Later, the army verified that soldiers had raided Balata, claiming troops were fired upon and killed three Palestinians. Three additional arrests were made there, according to the army. In response to a spate of Palestinian attacks over the past year, Israel has intensified its raids. On Monday, Israeli forces seized weapons and detonated an explosives manufacturing facility located in a residence.
The Israeli government repealed a 2005 law that demolished four West Bank settlements in March. The top Israeli army general in the West Bank signed an order attaching Homesh to a regional council of local settlers over the weekend. Paving the way for the outpost’s reconstruction.
Since the spring of 2022, more than 250 Palestinians have been slain by Israeli fire. Approximately fifty individuals have been killed in attacks by Palestinians against Israelis.
Israel claims that the majority of Palestinians slain were militants. But stone-throwing youths protesting incursions and bystanders have also been killed.
Jerusalem Day, celebrated last week, commemorates Israel’s seizure of east Jerusalem, including the Old City, during the 1967 Arab-Israeli War. Nationalists carrying flags and chanting anti-Arab slurs marched through the main Palestinian thoroughfare in the Old City of Jerusalem. While hundreds of Jews visited the sacred hilltop site.
During the 1967 Middle Eastern conflict, Israel also captured the West Bank and Gaza Strip. These territories are desired by the Palestinians for a future independent state. With East Jerusalem serving as its capital. Israel annexed east Jerusalem in a move unrecognised by the majority of the international community and considers the city to be its permanent, undivided capital.
In the past, tensions at the contested compound have fueled outbreaks of violence. The government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the most right-wing in Israeli history, is comprised of ultra-Orthodox and far-right nationalist parties and has prioritised West Bank settlement construction.
The majority of the international community views Israeli settlements, which are home to 700,000 people in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. As illegal and an impediment to world peace.
Earlier this month, combat also broke out between Israel and Gaza Strip militants. The majority of those slain by Israeli strikes also included women and children. Two Israelis were slain by rocket fire from militants.
