[1/5] Palestinians check a damaged house following an Israeli raid in Tulkarm in the Israeli-occupied West Bank September 24, 2023.
REUTERS/Ali Sawafta Acquire Licensing RightsSept 24 (Reuters) - Israeli forces killed two Palestinians, including a fighter from the Islamist group Hamas, during a raid on a refugee camp in the occupied West Bank early on Sunday, emergency workers and Hamas said.
Israeli forces raided the Nur Shams camp near the city of Tulkarm and a gun battle ensued with Palestinian fighters, medic Najeeb Adeeb said.
Violence in the West Bank has raged for more than a year, with stepped-up Israeli military raids, increased settler assaults on Palestinian villages and a spate of Palestinian attacks on Israelis.
As day dawned on the Nur Shams camp, residents took stock of the roads, infrastructure and buildings damaged during an operation that witnesses said lasted around six hours.
Persons:
Ali Sawafta, Nur Shams, Najeeb Adeeb, Nidal Al Mughrabi, Bernadette Baum
Organizations:
West Bank, REUTERS, Hamas, Palestinian, Thomson
Locations:
Tulkarm, Israeli, Nur Shams, Gaza