Israeli soldiers killed three Palestinians during a nighttime incursion into a refugee camp in the occupied West Bank, as reported by the Palestinian health ministry on Tuesday.
It marked the most recent escalation of violence in the tense Palestinian territory since the onset of the Israel-Hamas conflict in the Gaza Strip on October 7.
The Palestinian health ministry in Ramallah said the three men were killed “by Israeli occupation bullets” during clashes in the Faraa refugee camp near the town of Tubas in the northern West Bank.
The Israeli military did not immediately respond to requests for comment about the raid.
“Dozens of young men and armed men from the camp confronted the forces before they called for more reinforcements, including bulldozers that dug the camp’s streets and struck the water and sewage networks,” said Assem Mansour, head of the camp’s popular committee.
One of the three men killed was a militant, he said, while the other two were civilians “in their homes and were killed by snipers deployed in the camp”.
The Israeli military has conducted frequent arrest raids in the West Bank.
Since the war in Gaza began, at least 403 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli troops or settlers in the West Bank, according to the Palestinian health ministry.
Palestinian militants have also carried out numerous attacks against Israeli troops and civilians in Israel and the West Bank, killing at least 15 people, according to Israeli figures.
