Two Israeli soldiers were killed in a shooting attack in the northern part of the West Bank occupied by Israel on Tuesday, as Israel advanced in a military operation that forced many people to flee their homes and caused widespread destruction.
The attack came two days after Israel announced the east expansion of its campaign, which it said targeted the militants, which the Palestinians said was one of the most severe in the West Bank for years.
In a statement, the army said that eight other soldiers were injured in the attack on Tuesday, including two who were in serious condition. The army added that the aggressor was later killed in a fire exchange.
It was not clear whether the attacker was a member of a militant group or a single behavior. But the Islamic jihad and Hamas, two groups of power in the northern West Bank, described the attack as “heroic”.
On Sunday, Avichay Adrae, an Arabic spokesman for the Israeli army, released a video of a demolition subject to control in the Jenin camp, a marginalized neighborhood where the militants have grown in numbers and developed in recent years. Mr. Adri said that the 23 buildings used by the militants were targeting, among the largest demolitions of Israel in the West Bank in recent years.
Israel launched its operation on January 21, two days after the start of the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. The beginning of the operation focused on the Jenin camp and expanded in the cities of Tolkram in the West and Tamoun in the east.
This came after the Western -backed Palestinian Authority spent more than a month to carry out its operation against the militants in the Jenin region.
The clashes between the Palestinian Authority and the militants were destroyed, and left many dead, including six security officers, a middle -aged journalist. It also resulted in the displacement of thousands and widespread loss of water and energy.
But the Israeli operation – one of dozens in recent years – was more harmful.
In addition to the demolition of housing, the Israeli army torn the roads in what it said was a tactic to detect improvised explosive devices. The operation killed 25 people in the wider Jenin and was about 65 others, according to the Ministry of Health in the Palestinian Authority, which does not distinguish between civilians and fighters.
On Sunday, the Israeli army said it had killed 35 militants across several cities in the northern West Bank and arrested 100 wanted people.