Israeli drone attack kills two in expanding occupied West Bank operation

Israeli onslaught connected a conveyance adjacent to Qabatiya comes during ongoing battle connected adjacent Jenin, which has displaced thousands.

An Israeli drone onslaught connected a conveyance adjacent the occupied West Bank municipality of Qabatiya has killed 2 people, the Palestinian Ministry of Health says connected the 4th time of a large-scale Israeli operation successful and astir the adjacent metropolis of Jenin.

The Israeli subject said the aerial onslaught connected Friday successful the Jenin governorate deed a conveyance with what it said was a “terrorist cell” inside, but it gave nary further details.

The authoritative Palestinian quality bureau Wafa reported that it was a drone onslaught that happened conscionable earlier Israeli forces stormed Qabatiya and began “sweeping operations”.

The aerial onslaught coincided with the ongoing subject cognition against Palestinian fighters successful Jenin and its adjacent exile camp, which has already resulted successful the deaths of 14 Palestinians and injured astir 50 others, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry successful Ramallah.

The Israeli subject besides announced the arrests of 20 radical it considers “wanted suspects” and said it had seized weapons.

In summation to the nonaccomplishment of life, the cognition successful the bluish West Bank – launched conscionable 2 days aft the truce agreed betwixt Israel and Hamas successful Gaza – has caused wide destruction.

Israeli armoured bulldozers and diggers person demolished houses and dug up roads successful the Jenin country and forced the displacement of astir 2,000 families.

A United Nations spokesperson connected Friday warned against the “deteriorating” concern successful the West Bank and called connected Israel to support Palestinians.

During a media briefing, Farhan Haq said the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) “warns erstwhile again that lethal, warlike tactics are being applied, raising concerns implicit usage of unit that exceeds instrumentality enforcement standards”.

Earlier, Thameen Al-Kheetan, spokesperson for the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, expressed sedate concerns astir the usage of disproportionate and unlawful unit successful Jenin, informing of the imaginable for wide quality rights violations.

Al-Kheetan emphasised the planetary community’s work to clasp Israel accountable for these actions.

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