Israeli soldiers prepare to check a Palestinian Red Crescent ambulance at the entrance of the Tulkarem refugee camp in Tulkarem, in the occupied West Bank, on Jan. 17, 2024 during a military operation. (Credit: Marco Longari/AFP)
Palestinian health officials said Israeli forces killed a man Thursday during a two-day raid in the occupied West Bank area of Tulkarem, a day after violence in the territory left 10 dead.
Unrest in the West Bank has surged alongside the Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip.
The latest fatality follows an air strike that killed five people on Wednesday in the Tulkarem refugee camp, which Israel's military said targeted "terrorists."
Thursday saw a 27-year-old man shot dead in Nur Shams refugee camp, on the edge of Tulkarem, the Palestinian Red Crescent Society and health ministry said.
Rami Elyan, a local official, described the man killed as a civilian not involved in fighting between Israeli forces and Palestinian militants.
The Israeli military told AFP that troops returned fire while they were working to "uncover roads where explosive devices were planted."
An AFP photographer in Nur Shams saw bulldozer tracks, one house completely destroyed and several others damaged, with collapsed walls and debris falling on furniture.
Israel has occupied the West Bank since a war with Arab states in 1967, and its troops regularly carry out incursions into Palestinian communities.
West Bank raids have significantly escalated since the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza began more than three months ago, increasingly lasting days and with Israeli forces employing air strikes.
Five Palestinian militants were also killed Wednesday in an Israeli strike targeting a car in the Balata refugee camp near Nablus.
Mourners gathered Thursday for the funeral of one of those killed, whose body was shrouded in a Palestinian flag.
The Red Crescent said its medics treated multiple people wounded in Tulkarem, as well as Ramallah in the central West Bank.
More than 360 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces and settlers in the West Bank since Oct. 7, according to the Palestinian health ministry.
Over the same period, more than 6,000 Palestinians have been arrested by Israeli forces, according to the Palestinian Prisoners' Club advocacy group.
Palestinian health officials said Israeli forces killed a man Thursday during a two-day raid in the occupied West Bank area of Tulkarem, a day after violence in the territory left 10 dead.
Unrest in the West Bank has surged alongside the Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip.
The latest fatality follows an air strike that killed...