Israel ramps up military assault on occupied West Bank for second day
Al Jazeera
Several Palestinians have been killed and injured in raids across the territory that have drawn global condemnation.
The Israeli military has called in reinforcements as it escalated its assault on the occupied West Bank for a second day.
At least 18 people have been killed since the start of the operation in the north of the territory, the Palestinian news agency Wafa reported on Thursday.
Eight people were killed in the Jenin governorate, six in Tulkarem and four in Tubas, while dozens more have been injured.
At least 20 Palestinians, including children, have so far been imprisoned by Israeli forces, according to the Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs and the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society, who warned on Thursday that the number could rise as the raids continue.
In Tulkarem’s Nur Shams refugee camp, the Israeli military claimed on Thursday that it had killed five Palestinian fighters who were hiding in a mosque.
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