Israeli forces kill three Palestinians, injure over dozen in West Bank raid

Israeli forces have killed at least three young Palestinians and wounded more than a dozen others during a raid in the northern flank of the West Bank, the Palestinian Health Ministry and medics say.

The official Palestinian news agency WAFA, citing the director of Jenin’s government hospital as saying, reported that three Palestinians were killed and at least 15 others injured on Thursday evening, when Israeli troops stormed the city of Jenin and its refugee camp, a densely populated urban area.

Wissam Bakr identified the three victims as Ibrahim Taher Muhammad al-Saadi, 21; Issa Nafez Jallad, 17; and Uday Ayman Marei, 24.

Bakr added that the wounded have been transferred to several medical facilities, including Jenin’s al-Razi and Ibn Sina hospitals.

WAFA said a convoy of Israeli army vehicles, including bulldozers, entered the area backed by Apache attack helicopters.

The report said Israeli army tanks belonging to special forces destroyed stands belonging to local vendors, and shot bullets towards the main electrical transformer in the camp, which resulted in a power outage.

Hospitals were surrounded and emergency services were prevented from reaching the injured, it added. At least two people were detained as well.