Israeli forces killed three Palestinians during a military attack on the city of Nablus

Israeli forces three Palestinians were killed today in armed conflicts during the operation in the refugee camp in city ​​nablusone of the main points the tension of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict in it north of the West Bank occupied, while the sharp escalation of violence continues.

Israeli soldiers stormed the Balata refugee camp this morning, where they carried out an incursion that resulted in “shooting and intense clashes” and resulted in the death of three Palestinians from Israeli fire, according to reports from the Palestinian Ministry of Health and officials of the Wafa news agency, as collected by Efe.

The deceased – aged 32, 30 and 24 – were joined by six injured persons, and at least one of them is in a serious condition, according to the Health statement.

According to Wafa and local press, Israeli forces entered the Balata camp – the most populated in the West Bank – with armored vehicles and bulldozers, deployed snipers on the roofs of some buildings and initially prevented ambulances and medical personnel from accessing the site to evacuate the wounded.

The office of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas described this morning’s events as a “massacre” that is a “war crime” and “is a continuation of the extensive war” that Israel “has waged against the Palestinian people.”

Nablus, a historic core of armed resistance and a bastion of new local militias such as the Lion’s Den – which operate independently of traditional Palestinian factions – has been one source of tension with Israel in the past year. It has carried out numerous incursions into the city that have resulted in deaths, the most recent on May 15, in which another Palestinian also died.

The Attacks by Israeli forces They have been happening almost daily in West Bank cities and towns for more than a year, amid a sharp rise in tensions in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict that has also resulted in an increase in Palestinian or Israeli settler attacks. This made 2023 the deadliest year in the conflict since the Second Intifada (2000-2005).

So far this year, including those who passed away today, 116 Palestinians were killed in the West Bank and in Israel, mostly militants in violent clashes with Israeli troops during raids on Palestinian cities, but also civilians, including 20 minors. On the Israeli side, 19 people were killed in Palestinian attacks, most of them settlers, including three minors.

Israel took control of the West Bank and East Jerusalem in 1967 and since then has maintained one of the longest occupation and colonization of these territories in recent history.