2024-01-07 07:49:57
According to the Ministry of Health there, six Palestinians were killed in an Israeli airstrike on a gathering of people in Jenin in the West Bank. The attack was directed once morest a gathering of citizens, the ministry said on Sunday. Four brothers were among the dead, family members reported. The Israeli military spoke of an attack on Palestinian militants who had previously attacked security forces.
During the operation in Jenin, four Israeli border police officers were injured by an explosive device exploding, several media outlets reported, citing the army and police. A 19-year-old police officer later died of her injuries in hospital.
Israel’s military and police said a border police vehicle was hit by an explosive device during an operation in Jenin. A helicopter was used to rescue the police officers and provided cover. He shot at “a terrorist unit that was hurling explosives and endangering our armed forces, killing a number of terrorists.”
Since the war in the Gaza Strip began at the beginning of October, the already tense situation in the Israeli-occupied West Bank has become increasingly critical. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has been in the region since Friday and is trying to de-escalate the situation. In addition to several Arab states and Israel, he also wanted to visit the West Bank.
There are fears that the conflict in Gaza will spread to the West Bank and beyond. There are also repeated skirmishes between the Israeli military and the Lebanese Hezbollah militia in the border area between Israel and Lebanon.
In addition to Blinken, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell also tried to de-escalate during a visit to the region. This Sunday, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock also wanted to travel to Israel once more.
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