TULKAREM, West Bank (AP) — The Israeli military said it killed five more West Bank militants, including a local commander, as it pressed ahead Thursday with its deadliest operation in the occupied territory since the start of the war in Gaza.
Israel says the raids across the northern West Bank — Those who have died have all been militants, since late Tuesday — are aimed at stopping attacks. The Palestinians see them as continuation of the war in Gaza and an effort to keep alive Israel’s decades-long military rule over the territory.
The raids drew alarm from the United Nations and neighboring countries such as Jordan, as well as from Leaders from the United Kingdom and France who stressed the need to cease tensions in Gaza after nearly 11 months of fighting between Israel and Hamas.
Medics at al-Awda Hospital in central Gaza said Thursday eight Palestinians were killed and 20 wounded from Israeli strikes on the crowded refugee camp in Nuseirat.
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