Israeli forces kill 3 Palestinians in Nablus

NABLUS/JERUSALEM Palestine

Israeli forces on Thursday killed three Palestinians in the city of Nablus, in the northern West Bank.

"Medical teams recovered the bodies of three Palestinians in a house besieged by Israeli forces in the Old City of Nablus," the official Palestinian TV broadcaster reported.

The Israeli army left after the raid, eyewitnesses told Anadolu.

Meanwhile, the Palestine Red Crescent Society said its crews "dealt with two serious injuries caused by live bullets during clashes that erupted between dozens of Palestinians and the Israeli army in Nablus."​​​​​

According to the daily Jerusalem Post, the names of the three deceased Palestinians were Hassan Katan, Maad Mitzri, and Ibrahim Hura.

Israeli sources alleged that the Palestinians were behind the April 7 killing of three members of a family in Efrat, an Israeli settlement south of Jerusalem in the occupied West Bank.

"I commend our security forces for neutralizing the terrorists who conducted the terror attack in Hamra, which took the lives of Lucy Dee, and her daughters Rina and Maya," Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said in a statement. The incident took place near the northeastern settlement of Hamra.​​​​​​​

The Directorate of Education in Nablus announced the postponement of school hours until the end of the military operation.

Tensions have been running high across the occupied West Bank in recent months amid repeated Israeli raids into Palestinian towns.

More than 100 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fire since the start of this year, according to Palestinian figures. Sixteen Israelis have also been killed in separate attacks during the same period.

*Writing by Ikram Kouachi