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MADRID 20 Nov. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Palestinian Authority confirmed this Tuesday the death of a total of five Palestinians by shots fired by the Israeli Army in the West Bank governorate of Jenin (north), amid the increase in its incursions into the West Bank since the attacks carried out on October 7, 2023. by the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) against Israeli territory.
The Palestinian Ministry of Health reported this afternoon through a brief statement published on its Telegram channel of the “taking of two martyrs” to the Jenin Hospital after having died from gunshots from the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) in the east of the city, although he has not given more details and the Israeli authorities have not commented on the matter.
Sources consulted by the Palestinian news agency WAFA have indicated that the victims are Al Yaser and Al Huaiti, who were inside a house and were surrounded by the Israeli military, who prevented the emergency services from arriving to rescue them and transfer them to the hospital. .
In the morning, the ministerial portfolio announced the death of three Palestinians in Qabatiya, near Jenin, and whom it identified as Raed Abdulrahman Sadiq Hanaisha, Anuar Nidal Taufiq Sabané and Suleiman Adnan Suleiman Tazaza.
Israeli Army operations and attacks by Israeli settlers in the West Bank and East Jerusalem have left more than 785 Palestinians dead since these types of actions have increased since October 7, 2023, when Hamas and other Palestinian factions launched a assault that left nearly 1,200 dead and about 250 hostages. Palestinian authorities in the Gaza Strip have since counted more than 43,900 deaths from the subsequent Israeli offensive.