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SvennoJ on 27 August 2024
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Palestinian fighters in West Bank clash with Israeli troops, detonate bombs

Palestinian armed groups say they are confronting invading Israeli forces in the Nur Shams and Jenin refugee camps.

The al-Quds Brigades said its “fighters targeted an enemy infantry force with a highly explosive device in Nur Shams Camp” while the the Qassam Brigades said it “detonated locally-made and highly explosive explosive devices in Jenin against the invading military vehicles” and that its fighters “are engaged in violent clashes with the occupation forces”.


Clashes, explosions reported across West Bank

Our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic are reporting clashes and explosions across the northern area of the occupied West Bank. These include the towns of Salim, Qusra and Beit Furik, near the city of Nablus, and in the cities of Tubas and Tulkarem as well as the Far’a and Nur Shams refugee camps.

AJA also reported fighting and blasts in the city of Jenin and its refugee camp as well as the village of Silat al-Harithiya and the city of Qabatiya.


Israeli violence in the occupied West Bank in numbers

Violence by Israeli soldiers and settlers has increased in the occupied West Bank alongside Israel’s war on Gaza.

Here’s a quick look at what’s happened since October 2023:

  • At least 646 Palestinians, including 148 children, have been killed by Israeli soldiers and settlers in the occupied territory. This includes at least 128 Palestinians killed by Israeli air attacks, according to the UN.
  • More than 5,400 Palestinians have also been injured.
  • Israeli army raids have become a nightly occurrence in towns and villages, with at least 10,200 Palestinians arrested by Israeli soldiers, according to the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society and the Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs.
  • The same groups report that at least 3,432 Palestinians are being held in Israeli military prisons without charge under “administrative detention”, an emergency measure that Israel inherited from the colonial British Mandate for Palestine.
  • At least 1,432 Palestinian homes, and other structures, have been demolished, displacing 3,270 Palestinians, according to the UN.
  • At least 19 Israelis have been killed in Palestinian attacks since October, according to Israeli officials.


Two more Palestinians killed in Israeli attacks on West Bank

Our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic are reporting that the two Palestinians were killed as Israeli forces bombed the Far’a camp in the city of Tubas.

Medical sources told the agency the young men died in an Israeli drone attack and that several others were also wounded in the bombing.

The Palestine Red Crescent told Wafa that their crews are facing difficulties in reaching the wounded as Israeli forces have laid siege to the camp and are preventing the entry of ambulances.

The agency reported that a large number of Israeli soldiers accompanied by a bulldozer are active in the ongoing raid on the refugee camp and that the military has deployed several drones and stationed snipers in and around the area.

Earlier, we reported that at least two others were killed in the ongoing Israeli operations in the city of Jenin.