ICRC expresses concern about West Bank violence
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has drawn attention to the “recent escalation of violence in multiple areas” of the occupied West Bank in an X post.
Since early last year, Israel has intensified raids in the West Bank, which were accelerated after Israel launched its war on Gaza on October 7. At least 482 Palestinians have been killed in the West Bank by Israeli forces or settlers since the war began.
But last week, attacks by Israeli settlers on Palestinian communities ramped up significantly, and a raid by Israeli forces that lasted several days on the city of Tulkarem and its Nur Shams refugee camp killed 14 people. In its post, the ICRC said that over the weekend, two medics from the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) were harmed while trying to respond to calls for help.
“One volunteer suffered a gunshot wound while serving as a paramedic on a PRCS ambulance in Tulkarem. Mohammed Awad Allah Musa was killed while providing medical support on a private ambulance in Nablus,” the organisation said.
“Ambulances and medical workers are not a target,” it added.
Israeli forces kill Palestinian in Jericho
The PA ministry of health has said that Shadi Jalaita, 44, was killed by Israeli forces as they raided the occupied West Bank city of Jericho.
The ministry said that a child was critically injured in the raid, and a third person was wounded with a live round to the knee. According to the ministry, more than 480 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli troops in the West Bank since October 7.
