During the night of Saturday, two Palestinians were killed on separate occasions. Both blew up cars near Israeli settlements and were killed in the process by Israeli soldiers.
Hamas praises the blasts, but without linking the Palestinians to the terror-labeled group.
A total of 22 people have been killed in Israeli strikes in the northern West Bank since Wednesday, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health. Most have been killed in the city of Jenin.
Want to eliminate terrorists
According to Israel, Israel’s military presence in the West Bank is to eliminate terrorists there, but residents testify that even elderly people have been shot by snipers.
Both Israel and the terrorist groups Hamas and Islamic Jihad state that 14 fighters have been killed since the operations began. Since then, a large part of the infrastructure in Jenin has also been destroyed by the combat vehicles that rolled in.
According to the UN, at least 637 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli soldiers or settlers in the occupied territory since October 7 last year. According to Israeli figures, 20 Israelis, among them soldiers, have been killed by Palestinian attacks there during the same period.