Latest deaths come after Israeli forces killed at least 10 Palestinians in the West Bank in raids and air strikes
An Israeli military vehicle drives down a road during a raid in the city of Tulkarm in the occupied West Bank on August 28th, 2024. Photograph: JAAFAR ASHTIYEH/AFP via Getty ImagesSoldiers killed the five after “exchanges of fire during counterterrorism operations in Tulkarm”, the Israel Defence Forces said on Thursday.
On Wednesday, the chief spokesman for the Palestinian Authority, Nabil Abu Rudeineh, said the escalation of Israeli military operations on the West Bank, at the same time as theThe president of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, cut short his visit to Saudi Arabia to return to Ramallah after the launch of the large-scale Israeli military operation in the West Bank.
Israel’s prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu has suggested there could be partial suspension of military operations in Gaza to allow young children to be vaccinated against polio.
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