The Israeli army killed 5 Palestinians in Aqabat Jaber camp, near the city of Jericho, in the eastern West Bank. The Palestinian Ministry of Health said that 3 Palestinians were wounded, including one in critical condition.
On Monday, the Palestinian authorities announced that the Israeli army had killed 5 Palestinians in Aqabat Jaber camp, near the city of Jericho, in the eastern West Bank.
The governor of Jericho and the Jordan Valley, Jihad Abu al-Assal, told the official Palestinian News Agency (Wafa) that five civilians were killed by Israeli occupation forces, after storming the Aqabat Jaber camp, south of Jericho.
The governor indicated that the Israeli forces arrested 8 citizens during the operation.
Earlier on Monday, the Ministry of Health said in a statement that "a number of Palestinians were killed" and 3 civilians were wounded during the Israeli army's incursion into Aqabat Jaber camp.
A statement by the Israeli army stated that its forces killed a number of gunmen during a raid on a refugee camp near the city of Jericho on Monday, with the aim of arresting suspected activists from the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas). The statement said the targets of the raid were suspects in an attempted attack on a restaurant in the Israeli settlement of Vered Yericho on January 28.
According to eyewitnesses, an Israeli force stormed Aqabat Jaber camp, and clashes broke out with Palestinian youths who threw stones at it, and it responded with live and rubber bullets and gas bombs. The witnesses indicated that an exchange of fire took place in the camp between gunmen and the Israeli army.
Witnesses said that the Israeli forces arrested 3 citizens from the camp before their withdrawal, including Shaker Amara, a leader in the Hamas movement.
On Saturday, the Israeli army carried out a military operation in the camp, wounding 13 Palestinians, two of whom were in critical condition.
Pictures of Palestinian gunmen from the Al-Qassam Brigades, affiliated with Hamas, and the Al-Quds Brigades, the military arm of the Islamic Jihad Movement, were spotted in the alleys of the "Aqabat Jabr" camp.
On Sunday, an armed group calling itself the "Jericho Brigade" announced the start of the 3-day days of rage, in response to the Israeli army's siege of the city of Jericho a few days ago.
And last Saturday, a Palestinian carried out a shooting attack at an Israeli restaurant near Jericho, without causing any injuries, according to a previous statement by the Israeli army.
A few days ago, the Israeli army imposed strict measures at the entrances to the city of Jericho, and checked the identities of those leaving it in search of a Palestinian who accused him of shooting at an Israeli restaurant.
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