In a separate incident in Bilata refugee camp, another Palestinian died of his injuries after being shot by the Israeli army.
Israeli forces have shot and killed a two-year-old Palestinian girl during a large-scale military raid in the occupied West Bank, according to health officials.
In a statement, the Palestinian Ministry of Health said Laila al-Khatib died of “severe wounds” from a bullet to the head by Israeli forces in the area of ​​the Martyrs’ Triangle in the northern occupied West Bank area of ​​Jenin on Saturday. Go ahead.
According to media reports, the pregnant mother of the girl was also slightly injured in the attack.
The Israeli army said it was investigating the incident and that its troops opened fire on a building after receiving a tip-off about the presence of Palestinian fighters.
The Israeli army has carried out these operations in recent years. Multiple raids and infiltration of the fetus, long seen as a symbol of Palestinian resistance. Its latest operation began a day after a cease-fire was imposed in the Gaza Strip, where more than 47,000 Palestinians have been killed in nearly 15 months of Israeli attacks.
On Saturday, Palestinian news agency Wafa reported that 42-year-old Ahmed Mahmoud Hashish also died of injuries sustained by Israeli forces during a raid on the Bilata refugee camp in the central West Bank on Saturday.
According to the Ministry of Health, at least 14 Palestinians have been killed in the ongoing military operation in Jenin and the adjacent refugee camp. Dozens have been injured while thousands have been evicted from their homes.
Before the latest Israeli offensive began on Monday, security forces from the Palestinian Authority, which exercises limited autonomy in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, launched a week-long operation to regain control of Jenin.
In addition to the loss of life, Israeli army raids have caused widespread destruction, including bulldozing major roads and demolishing homes.
Breaking the silence, a group of former Israeli soldiers calling for an end to the Israeli occupation of the West Bank, East Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip said last week that Jenin faces a “Gaza closure” by the Israeli military. Pada, “complete and infrastructural destruction by airstrikes”.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the operation was aimed at ending “terrorism”.
