Three Palestinians, Including Child, Killed in Gaza as West Bank Violence Escalates
- Three Palestinians were killed and 12 injured in an Israeli airstrike in Khan Younis.
- Ceasefire violations have killed 673 Palestinians since October, many of them children and women.
- Israeli forces launched large-scale arrest raids across the West Bank, detaining multiple Palestinians.
- Settlers carried out attacks on homes and property, while ambulances were blocked from reaching victims.
Israeli Strike Targets Vehicle in Khan Yunis
Three Palestinians, including a child, were killed and 12 others were injured on Tuesday after Israeli aircraft bombed a vehicle in the Mawasi area of Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip.
Local sources said the strike targeted a white Tucson jeep, killing Yahya Abu Labda, Ihsan Hamed Al-Samiri, and the child Tamer Baraka. The attack is part of ongoing Israeli violations of the ceasefire agreement through airstrikes, artillery shelling and incursions across Gaza.
Since October 10, Israeli attacks have killed 673 Palestinians, including 199 children, 81 women and 21 elderly people. Children, women and elderly people account for 45.5% of the total victims. More than 1,779 people have been injured, including 526 children, 351 women and 93 elderly people, representing 55.2% of those affected. The total death toll since October 7, 2023, has risen to more than 72,250 Palestinians, with 171,878 wounded.
Large-Scale Detention Campaign across West Bank
Israeli occupation forces carried out a wide-scale arrest campaign overnight and at dawn Tuesday across the occupied West Bank.
In Hebron (Al-Khalil), Israeli occupation forces stormed the Al-Arroub refugee camp and arrested at least 15 young men. They also detained Muhammad Saqr Jaradat and Ayman Abdel Salam during a raid on the town of Sa’ir.
In Ramallah, Israeli occupation forces raided the Al-Amari refugee camp, firing stun grenades and breaking into homes.
Two Palestinians, Hassan Toukhi and Jihad Alqam, were detained in the Umm Al-Sharayet neighborhood of Al-Bireh.
Settler Attacks Intensify
Additionally, illegal Israeli Jewish settlers attacked a home in the Al-Yatmawi area near Beita, south of Nablus, and prevented ambulances from reaching the area.
Another attack targeted homes near Joseph’s Tomb on Amman Street, east of Nablus, where settlers threw stones at residents. Israeli occupation forces also raided homes in the town of Burqa and the Askar refugee camp in Nablus.
In Tulkarm, forces raided the homes of the families of Ashraf Na’alwa and journalist Hamza Hamdan, causing extensive damage. Further arrests were reported, including Muath Shehadeh in Qaffin, north of Tulkarm, and Abdul Rahman Shuaibat in Beit Sahour near Bethlehem.
