Six Palestinian young men were killed in an aerial attack by the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) in Tulkarem refugee camp, in the West Bank, at dawn Wednesday.
The victims were identified as Rami Al-Shamli, Uday Al-Zayat, Ahmed Salit, Muhammad Abu Anin, Bassam Al-Shafi’i, and Firas Awad Balawneh.
Two other people were injured during the drone attack, one of them was transferred to hospital in critical condition, while the second was a 16-year-old teen.
Since the early morning hours, the IOF stormed in large numbers the refugee camp while snipers took to the roof of several buildings.
During the raid, the IOF blocked the entrances of Tulkarem with mounds of dirt and rocks, destroyed the camp’s roads, public infrastructure and private property with its bulldozers and detonated a room in al-Balawneh neighborhood.
An IOF drone then fired two missiles at a house in al-Balawneh neighborhood in Tulkarem camp, killing six young citizens and injuring others.
The IOF also besieged Thabet Thabet Hospital and Esraa Hospital and obstructed the movement of ambulance crews in different streets of Tulkarem as they were transporting wounded citizens from the bombed area.
They added that the IOF blocked the entrances of Tulkarem with mounds of dirt and rocks, destroyed the camp’s roads, public infrastructure and private property with its bulldozers and detonated a room in al-Balawneh neighborhood.
One of the wounded citizens was reportedly kidnaped by Israeli forces from Thabet Thabet Hospital.
14 paramedics and wounded people were also arrested during the raid.
The Israeli bloody raid came while Israeli warplanes continued to bomb the Gaza Strip for the 46th consecutive day, claiming the lives of thousands of people, many of whom are children and women.
The Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip constitutes a blatant violation of international humanitarian and human rights law as it exposes civilians’ lives to extreme danger, which requires an immediate international intervention.
