Three Israelis were killed in a suspected Palestinian attack in the West Bank. The Israeli rescue service Zaka announced that two people aged around 30 – a man and a woman – were killed in the incident near Tarkumija near Hebron. According to media reports, a third injured person was later pronounced dead in hospital. According to the Israeli army, attackers opened fire at a military checkpoint on a vehicle in which the three were travelling. The security forces searched for the attackers in the south of the West Bank.
Israel began a military operation in the northern West Bank on Wednesday. The army justified the action with the significantly increased number of attacks on Israelis. The aim was to take action against Hamas and Islamic Jihad.
The situation in the West Bank has worsened significantly since the start of the Gaza war following the Hamas massacre on October 7, 2023. Since then, 648 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli military operations, confrontations or its own attacks in the West Bank, according to the Ministry of Health.
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