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Israeli Forces Kill 9 Palestinians in West Bank

Closed-circuit television footage shows Israeli military vehicles travelling along a road as they operate in Jenin, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, August 28, 2024 in this screengrab obtained from a social media video. Social Media/via REUTERS
Closed-circuit television footage shows Israeli military vehicles travelling along a road as they operate in Jenin, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, August 28, 2024 in this screengrab obtained from a social media video. Social Media/via REUTERS
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Israeli Forces Kill 9 Palestinians in West Bank

Closed-circuit television footage shows Israeli military vehicles travelling along a road as they operate in Jenin, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, August 28, 2024 in this screengrab obtained from a social media video. Social Media/via REUTERS
Closed-circuit television footage shows Israeli military vehicles travelling along a road as they operate in Jenin, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, August 28, 2024 in this screengrab obtained from a social media video. Social Media/via REUTERS

Israeli forces killed nine Palestinians in two raids in the occupied West Bank, as the military appeared to launch operations in several cities at once, Palestinian health officials said Wednesday.

The Palestinian Health Ministry said two men were killed in Jenin and seven in Tubas early Wednesday. The ministry identified the two killed in Jenin as Qassam Muhammad Jabarin, 25, and Asem Walid Balout, 39.

The Israeli military confirmed it was operating in Jenin and Tulkarem, another West Bank city, but did not provide further details.

Palestinian militant groups said they were exchanging fire with the Israeli military. The governor of Jenin, Kamal Abu al-Rub, said on Palestinian radio that Israeli forces had surrounded the city, blocking exit and entry points and access to hospitals, and ripping up infrastructure in the camp.

Palestinian health officials say that over 600 Palestinians have been killed in the West Bank since the start of the Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip, most from raids into Palestinian cities and towns that Israel says target militant groups.

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Israeli Forces Launch Strikes Across Gaza, Push Tanks into Central Khan Younis 

Palestinians search for survivors under the rubble after an Israeli airstrike destroyed several homes in Khan Younis camp in the southern Gaza Strip, 27 August 2024. (EPA)
Palestinians search for survivors under the rubble after an Israeli airstrike destroyed several homes in Khan Younis camp in the southern Gaza Strip, 27 August 2024. (EPA)
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Israeli Forces Launch Strikes Across Gaza, Push Tanks into Central Khan Younis 

Palestinians search for survivors under the rubble after an Israeli airstrike destroyed several homes in Khan Younis camp in the southern Gaza Strip, 27 August 2024. (EPA)
Palestinians search for survivors under the rubble after an Israeli airstrike destroyed several homes in Khan Younis camp in the southern Gaza Strip, 27 August 2024. (EPA)

Israeli forces sent tanks deeper into Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip and launched strikes across the enclave as they battled Hamas-led fighters, killing at least 34 Palestinians on Wednesday, according to medics.

Residents of Khan Younis said Israeli tanks made a surprise advance into the center of the city, and the military ordered evacuations in the east, forcing many families to run for safety, while others were trapped at home.

Palestinian health officials said the Israeli strikes in Khan Younis killed at least 11 people.

In the central city of Deir Al-Balah, where at least a million people were sheltering, an Israeli airstrike killed eight Palestinians near a school housing displaced families, medics said.

In Nuseirat, in the central Gaza Strip, journalist Mohammed Abed-Rabbo was killed along with his sister in an Israeli attack on their house, medics said. Gaza's Hamas-run government media office said Abed-Rabbo's death raised the number of Palestinian journalists killed by Israeli fire to 172 since Oct. 7.

In recent days, Israel has issued several evacuation orders across Gaza, the most since the beginning of the nearly 11-month-old war, prompting an outcry from Palestinians, the United Nations, and relief officials over the shrinking of humanitarian zones and the absence of safe areas.

The Israeli military said it ordered the evacuation in areas where Hamas and other militants staged attacks, including rocket firing into Israel.

The armed wings of Hamas and the Islamic Jihad said fighters were engaged in clashes with Israeli forces in different areas across the territory, firing anti-tank rockets and mortar fire.

More than 40,500 Palestinians have been killed in the war, according to Gaza's health ministry. The crowded enclave has been laid to waste. Most of its 2.3 million people have been displaced multiple times and face acute shortages of food and medicine, humanitarian agencies say.