Israel demolishes house during raid near Tulkarem in the West Bank
At least five killed in clashes around Tulkarem home: Israeli media
We are receiving updates on the previously reported Israeli raid around a house in Tulkarem in the occupied West Bank. Israeli Haaretz newspaper, quoting the army, said that five people were killed in the house and it was demolished after a 13-hour-long operation.
The Palestinian Wafa news agency, quoting medics, said that at least three people were killed.
There was a build-up of Israeli military vehicles and soldiers around Tulkarem – which was under siege since last night – before the special forces and people in the building engaged in clashes.
Palestinians killed and arrested in Israeli raid of Deir al-Ghusun, occupied West Bank
Another Palestinian critically wounded near Tulkarem: Report
Israeli forces have shot a young Palestinian man in the chest in the town of Shuweika, near Tulkarem in the occupied West Bank, reports the Wafa news agency. The man, in critical condition, has been brought to the Thabet Thabet Governmental Hospital in Tulkarem, according to Wafa.
The report comes hours after Israeli forces withdrew from the town of Deir al-Ghusun, also near Tulkarem, after a deadly 15-hour raid. The death toll from that raid has risen to six, after rescuers with the Palestine Red Crescent Society recovered another body underneath rubble in the town, reports Wafa.
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