Israeli army kills 2 Palestinians in northern occupied West Bank

RAMALLAH, Palestine

The Israeli army on Tuesday dawn killed two Palestinians in the northern occupied West Bank, according to local sources.

The Palestinian Red Crescent Society said its medical teams dealt with an 18-year-old Palestinian who was killed in Tammoun town by an Israeli strike.

It added that the Israeli army prevented its medics from reaching another site in the town to treat others injured from an Israeli strike.

Eyewitnesses told Anadolu that a large Israeli force escorted by bulldozers raided Tubas city, Tammoun town, and Far'a refugee camp, triggering clashes with Palestinians.

Meanwhile, an undercover Israeli special force raided the al-Badhan town, northeastern Nablus city, and killed a Palestinian man.

Eyewitnesses identified the slain Palestinian as Jafar Dababseh, who was a former prisoner in Israeli jails.

The Palestinian Health Ministry is yet to comment on both Israeli raids in the northern West Bank.

Over the past few years, the Israeli military has conducted regular raids in the West Bank, which have escalated with the beginning of the war on Gaza on Oct. 7, 2023. Palestinians have also been violently attacked by illegal Israeli settlers.

At least 840 Palestinians have since been killed and over 6,700 others injured by Israeli army fire in the occupied territory, according to the Health Ministry.

In July 2024, the International Court of Justice declared Israel's decades-long occupation of Palestinian land illegal and demanded the evacuation of all existing settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.

* Writing by Ahmed Asmar.