Israeli Army and Israel's border police have killed at least ten armed men in a military operation in the West Bank, DPA reported, quoted by BTA.
Eight Israeli soldiers and a man from the special unit "Yamas" of the border police were injured in the fighting in the refugee camp "Nur Shams". near the town of Tulkarem, an army spokesman said today. Israeli forces were attacked with explosive devices, he added.
Palestinian media and the Palestinian Ministry of Health earlier reported two killed and seven wounded in a military operation that began yesterday. At the same time, the Palestinian news agency Wafa informed today that there is almost no information from the city, where the Internet connection is broken.
DPA makes the stipulation that the information from both parties cannot be independently verified. According to the Israeli army, a total of eight wanted persons were detained, and explosives and weapons were seized after several homes were searched.
Among those killed was the local head of the radical Palestinian group "Islamic Jihad". Mohammed Jaber, Palestinian media reported. They also inform that during their operation the Israeli army caused serious damage to roads, water pipes and power lines and destroyed many homes.
According to the Ministry of Health of the radical Palestinian movement "Hamas" Almost 450 Palestinians have died in the Gaza Strip since the start of the conflict in the enclave on October 7 in the West Bank, most of them killed in Israeli army operations and others in attacks on Israelis.
Yesterday in the Gaza Strip, Israeli forces bombed rocket launchers in Beit Hanoun following a rocket attack by Hamas targeting the Israeli town of Sderot across the border. The message is from the Israel Defense Forces (IDF).
Meanwhile, air raid sirens were heard in northern Israel, along the border with Lebanon, suggesting a possible attack by the Iranian-backed Lebanese Shiite organization Hezbollah.