Occupied Jerusalem, SANA- Dozens of Palestinians were injured Tuesday at dawn, as the Israeli occupation forces stormed Askar camp, east of Nablus city in the West Bank.
‘The occupation forces raided the camp, opened fire on the Palestinians and threw toxic gas bombs at them, causing the injury of six, in addition to 185 suffocation cases, Wafa News Agency said.
The occupation also stormed the eastern region in Nablus and demolished the house of the family of martyr Abdel-Fattah Kharousha.
On Monday evening, one Palestinian was injured near Jenin city in the West Bank.
Rafah al-Allouni/ Shaza Qreima, Syrian Arab News Agency
Supplemental coverage from NBC:
At least 11 people were killed and scores more were wounded in a rare daytime arrest operation by Israeli troops that triggered fighting in the occupied West Bank, Palestinian officials said Wednesday.
The Israeli military on Thursday said Palestinian militants fired six rockets from the Gaza Strip toward the country’s south hours after the raid.
Israel’s military said Thursday morning that Israeli fighter jets conducted strikes in Gaza in response, hitting what it said was weapons manufacturing site and military compound belonging to the group Hamas.
The rocket attacks were not immediately claimed by Palestinian militant groups. Air defenses intercepted five of the rockets which were fired toward the cities of Ashkelon and Sderot, the military said, and one missile landed in an open field. There were no reports of damage or casualties.
In Wednesday’s raid, a 72-year-old man was among those killed dead, and 102 people were wounded, the Palestinian Health Ministry said in a statement after the raid in the Old City of Nablus. Six of the wounded were in critical condition, the statement said.
Anan Shawkat Annab, 66, died of tear gas suffocation, the ministry said.
The Israeli military said in a statement that it entered the city to arrest three wanted militants suspected in previous shooting attacks in the West Bank. It said it tracked down the men in a hideout.
“After surrounding the building, the security forces asked the suspects to turn themselves in. After they declined and fired at the forces, the security forces operated in order to thwart the terrorist squad,” the Israel Defense Forces said in a statement.
One of the suspects fled the building and was killed, it said. The two other suspects were killed in a shootout, the statement said. Other people hurled rocks and explosives at the troops, the statement said, adding that there were no Israeli casualties.
The IDF also released photos of what it said were two automatic rifles confiscated in the raid.
Palestinian militant groups claimed three of the dead as members. There was no immediate word on whether the others belonged to armed groups, according to The Associated Press.
Hussam Badran, a member of the Hamas political bureau said the “aggression” would “backfire against the occupation.”
“The strikes of the occupation only increase the strength and adherence of our resistance to the rights of our people to defend themselves, their land and their sanctities, foremost of which is the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque,” Badran said.