Politics Ministry: Pregnant woman killed during Israel's operation in the West Bank
According to Palestinian reports, a pregnant woman was shot dead during an Israeli military operation in Tulkarem in the West Bank. The unborn child also did not survive, according to the Ministry of Health in Ramallah. The 23-year-old woman was eight months pregnant. Her husband was also critically injured when Israeli soldiers opened fire on their vehicle in the refugee district of Nur Shams. An Israeli army spokesman said the reports were being investigated.
09.02.2025, 11:02
SDA
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz announced that the army was extending its offensive in the northern West Bank to the Nur Shams refugee neighborhood. "We are smashing the terror infrastructure in the refugee camps and preventing their return," he said in his statement.
According to the governor of Tulkarem, Abdullah Kmail, there was massive destruction as part of the operation in Nur Shams. Hundreds of people had to leave their homes, he said. According to the Palestinian aid organization Red Crescent, a 14-year-old boy was also injured by shots in the stomach.
On January 21, Israel launched its largest military operation in the occupied West Bank for a long time in Jenin. The city is considered a stronghold of militant Palestinians.
Israel conquered the West Bank and East Jerusalem in the 1967 Six-Day War. Today, around 700,000 Israeli settlers live there amidst three million Palestinians. The Palestinians claim the territories for their own state with East Jerusalem as its capital.
