7 Palestinians and 1 Israeli officer killed in West Bank
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Jerusalem/Ramallah (Uttam Hindu News): Seven Palestinians were killed in an Israeli drone strike in the occupied West Bank, while an Israeli police officer lost his life when his vehicle was hit by a roadside bomb. Israeli and Palestinian sources gave this information. The Palestinian Health Ministry said in a statement on Sunday that the seven dead included four brothers from Muthalath ash-Shuhada village in the Jenin area of the northern West Bank, Xinhua news agency reported.
Meanwhile, the Israeli military released footage of the drone strike and said at least six of the casualties were terrorists.
The killings came as Israeli troops raided Jenin on the night of Saturday and Sunday, leading to clashes with local youth.
Israel’s paramilitary Border Police said in a statement that during the raid, a military vehicle collided with a roadside bomb, resulting in the death of a Border Police officer. Another officer was seriously injured and two other officers were slightly injured by shrapnel.
On Sunday, a 30-year-old Israeli man was shot dead while driving his car north of the Ofra settlement, Israel’s Magen David Adom rescue service said in a statement.
The army identified the incident as a suspected “terrorist attack” and launched a search for the gunman.
Violence has increased across the West Bank since the start of the Israel-Hamas conflict on October 7.
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