The Palestinian Red Crescent reported this Friday that five people were killed and two injured in an attack on the Balata refugee camp in Nablus, in the occupied West Bank.
According to the camp administration, the airstrike hit a building that housed the headquarters of Fatah, a movement led by the Palestinian National Authority (PNA).
Questioned, the Israeli army did not immediately confirm this attack, Agence France-Presse (AFP) reported.
The Balata camp has 24,000 inhabitants, according to the UN, which manages the space.
This camp is known for housing young fighters who are members of the armed branches of different Palestinian groups.
On October 7, fighters from the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), in power in the Gaza Strip since 2007 and classified as a terrorist organization by the United States, the European Union and Israel, carried out an attack of unprecedented dimensions against Israel. territory since the creation of the State of Israel in 1948, causing 1,200 deaths, mostly civilians, around 5,000 injured and more than 200 hostages.
In retaliation, Israel declared a war to “eradicate” Hamas, which began with food, water, electricity and fuel cuts in the Gaza Strip and daily shelling, followed by a ground offensive surrounding Gaza City.
The war between Israel and Hamas continues to threaten to spread throughout the Middle East region and has so far left 12,000 dead in the Gaza Strip, mostly civilians, 30,000 injured, 3,250 missing under the rubble and more than 1.6 million displaced, according to the majority Recent report by local authorities.
Israel has also stepped up raids in the West Bank, particularly in Jenin and the crowded local refugee camp.
In the West Bank, a Palestinian territory occupied by Israel since 1967, around 200 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli settlers and soldiers since October 7, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health.
Source: TSF
