NABLUS: An Israeli army raid killed 11 Palestinians, including a teenager, on Wednesday (Feb 23) in Nablus, the Palestinian health ministry said, in the deadliest escalation in the occupied West Bank since 2005. More than 80 Palestinians suffered gunshot wounds, the Palestinian ministry said, in what the I
NABLUS: An Israeli army raid killed 11 Palestinians, including a teenager, on Wednesday in Nablus, the Palestinian health ministry said, in the deadliest escalation in the occupied West Bank since 2005.
The Israeli army said the raid targeted militant suspects"in a hideout apartment" accused of shootings in the West Bank. It added troops came under fire but suffered no casualties. The Israeli military said one of the wanted suspects who had fled the building was"neutralised", along with two others who had opened fire at the property.
The wounded include Palestine TV journalist Mohammed Al Khatib, who was shot in the hand, his colleague told AFP.The Gaza-based group's leader Ziad al-Nakhala called the raid a"major crime" that"the resistance must respond to". The Palestinian Red Crescent Society said its medics had treated 250 cases of tear gas inhalation and dozens of gunshot wounds."The occupation authorities and the far-right Israeli government are responsible for this horrible massacre," said Saeed Abu Ali, the League's assistant secretary-general for Palestinian affairs.
The European Union"is deeply alarmed by the spiralling violence in the West Bank," EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said.Condemning the acts of violence committed against civilians, France reiterated Israel's obligation to respect international humanitarian law and use proportionate force.
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