Palestinian fighters claim bomb attack on Israeli bulldozer in West Bank
The Tulkarem Battalion said its fighters blew up an Israeli military bulldozer in the Nur Shams refugee camp by detonating an improvised explosive device.
The Quds News Network posted a video that it said depicted the moment of the attack. The footage showed a large ball of fire followed by clouds of smoke rising above the densely populated area.
The Wafa news agency reported that Israel deployed four bulldozers, accompanied by military vehicles, into Tulkarem, and that Israeli forces had used the machines to demolish a garage, roads and water networks in the city.
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Israel releases video footage of air strike on Nur Shams refugee camp
Israel’s military has released video footage of air strikes that killed five people in the Nur Shams refugee camp in the occupied West Bank’s Tulkarem governorate on Tuesday morning.
In a post on social media accompanied by grainy aerial video clips showing multiple strikes from aircraft on a building and explosions in a residential area, the Israeli military said it had killed “terrorists” in a “compound” that was used to “manage terrorist activity”.
The Wafa news agency identified those killed in the strike as Adnan Jaber, 15, Mohammed Ahmad Elayyan, 16, Mohannad Qarawi, 19, Jibril Ghassan Jibril, 20, and Mohammed Ali Yusif, 49.
Palestinian women stand near the damaged site of a drone strike in Nur Shams refugee camp in Tulkarem in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday
Israeli forces threaten to storm Jenin hospital: Report
Israeli forces are continuing to cut off access to leading medical facilities in Jenin and now threaten a military operation in one hospital, warns the local governor.
Speaking to the Wafa news agency, Kamal Abu al-Rub said Israeli troops are still blocking the roads leading to Ibn Sina Specialized Hospital while surrounding and threatening to storm Jenin Government Hospital.
They also continue to close all entrances to the city, Abu al-Rub said.
