West Bank: Israeli Double Attack Takes 9 Civilian Lives
Refugee Camp in West Bank, Aug 2024 Photo: EFE
August 3, 2024 Hour: 5:14 pm
The IDF reported that it had killed four other Palestinian fighters in the Tulkarem area shortly after they opened fire on Israeli troops operating in the area.
A total of nine Palestinians were the balance of the double Israeli airstrike in the West Bank, medical sources reported.
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The IDF reported that it had killed four other Palestinian fighters in the Tulkarem area shortly after they opened fire on Israeli troops operating in the area.
«In an additional operation, the IDF eliminated a cell in an air strike during clashes as part of anti-terrorist activity in the Tulkarem area»reported a military statement.
Early in the morning, Israel conducted a two-missile drone bombardment, killing five Tulkarem Brigade fighters, the local militia, which brings together several factions, led by its leader, Haitham Balidi, linked to Hamas.
The Tulkarem Brigade confirmed the deaths of Balidi, commander of the al-Qasam Brigades, a Hamas armed wing, in the city, and of Abdul Jabbar «Al-Dahrouki», commander of the Islamic Jihad in Tulkarem.
According to the report of the Wafa news agency, the attack was aimed at a local Hamas leader. The drone caused the car to burn up completely, local sources report.
Meanwhile, the occupation troops surrounded the scene and prevented the advance of the ambulance teams.
The authorities of the Zionist regime today stated that “an Israel Defense Forces drone attacked a terrorist cell’s vehicle operating in the Tulkarem area”.
The local press also reported another two-missile attack on a Palestinian vehicle on the Zeita-Attil road, northeast of the occupied city of Tulkarm in the West Bank. As a result, five fatalities were recorded.
The director of the Thabet Thabet Government Hospital in Tulkarm, Amin Khader, referred to the state they reached at the facility: “were burned and charred beyond recognition, except for one that was identified”. Yaytham Nuriddin Bleidi, 25, from the Tulkarm refugee camp.
Meanwhile, Israeli troops continue to fight in the Rafah area, especially in the Tel al-Sultan neighbourhood. In the middle of the Gaza Strip, a warehouse and military buildings were destroyed during the last 24 hours. There have already been 39,550 deaths since last October, due to the massacre.
Autor: OSG
Fuente: Aljazeera-WAFA
