Middle East latest: West Bank officials say Israeli attack has killed three people

Palestinian officials said Thursday that at least three people were killed in an Israeli military attack on the occupied West Bank.

The Palestinian Health Ministry said Thursday that two Palestinians were killed in an Israeli attack and the third by Israeli gunfire. The Israeli army said its forces were targeting militants in the area the Nur Shams refugee campwhere battles have taken place repeatedly in recent months. The army said it had eliminated a Hamas militant in the area who was involved in planning attacks on Israelis.

Meanwhile, there are mediators Efforts to stop the wars are being stepped up in Lebanon and the Gaza Strip, and new proposals are circulating to defuse the situation the regional conflict.

That of Hezbollah newly appointed leader, Naim Kassemthe militant group said continue to fight in his war with Israel until the country is offered the terms of a ceasefire it deems acceptable.

About 1.2 million people have been displaced by the war conflict in Lebanonaccording to government estimates. Lebanon’s Health Ministry said more than 2,800 people have been killed and 12,900 injured since October 8, 2023, when Hezbollah began firing rockets into Israel, prompting retaliation. Israeli ground forces invaded South Lebanon in early October.

The death toll of more than a year of the Israel-Hamas war Gaza has passed 43,000, Palestinian officials said Monday, without distinguishing between civilians and fighters. The war began after Hamas-led militants stormed into Israel on October 7, 2023, killing some 1,200 people – mostly civilians. kidnapping 250 others.

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Officials in the West Bank say three people have been killed in an Israeli attack

RAMALLAH, West Bank — Palestinian officials said at least three people were killed in an Israeli military attack on the occupied West Bank.

The military said its forces were targeting militants in the region the Nur Shams refugee campwhere battles have taken place repeatedly in recent months. The army said it had eliminated a Hamas militant in the area who was involved in planning attacks on Israelis.

The Palestinian Health Ministry said Thursday that two Palestinians were killed in an Israeli attack and the third by Israeli gunfire.

Israel said its forces were still in the area.

At least 763 Palestinians, including more than 165 children, have been killed by Israeli fire in the West Bank since Hamas’ attack from the Gaza Strip sparked the war there on October 7, 2023, according to the Health Ministry.

Most appear to be militants killed during army operations, but the dead also include civilians and people killed during violent protests.

Palestinians have carried out dozens of stabbing, shooting and car-ramming attacks on Israelis since the start of the war.

Israel captured the West Bank during the 1967 Middle East war and Palestinians want it to form the bulk of their future state. Israel has built dozens of settlements there, where more than 500,000 Israeli settlers now live.

The area’s three million Palestinians live under seemingly indefinite Israeli military rule, with the Western-backed Palestinian Authority exercising limited self-rule in population centers.