West bank operation continues

Israel’s army says two soldiers have been killed in a shooting attack at the occupied West Bank, as it continues a major operation against Palestinian armed groups in the north of its force.

Another eight soldiers were injured when a Palestinian gunman set fire to a checkpoint in Taubasir village, 2 km to the north of the tubus, in a military statement. The attacker was shot and killed.

Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad praised the attack as a response to the operation of Israel in Toubas, Genin and Tulkaram, but neither said they were behind it.

Meanwhile, a United Nations official warned the situation at the refugee camp of Genin that he was going in a “frightening direction”.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced a large -scale operation to “defeat terrorism” at Gaza Patti on 21 January at Gaza Patti on 21 January. The operation was expanded to Tulkarma and Toubas last week.

The Palestinian Health Ministry says that Israeli forces have killed 70 Palestinians at West Bank, in which East Jerusalem has been captured, since the beginning of the year.

The figure includes 25 killed in the Genin region and 13 in Toubas and Tulkaram areas in the last two weeks.

The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) have said that it killed about 55 “terrorists” and arrested 380 wanted persons at West Bank in January.

Israeli media said that Palestinian, who carried out the shooting attack on Tuesday in Taisir, was able to secretly snatch a military post next to the checkpoint before opening the fire with the M16 rifle on the soldiers stationed there.

He said that the soldiers were killed and a gun battle took place several minutes before the attacker was killed.

The IDF named two soldiers who were killed as 39 -year -old SGT Major Yung, and SGT Major Avrahm Freedman, 43.

Two of the eight injured soldiers were in critical condition in the hospital, said.

Major General AV Bloth, head of the Central Command of IDF, said the attack “(West Bank) had a demonstration of anti -terrorism operation”.

“We are firm to continue the operation, expand it as required and win,” he said.

Hamas described a Palestinian resistance fighter in Tayasir as “heroic and qualitative operation, saying that” the crimes of occupation and its aggression against the northern occupied West Bank “described as” heroic and qualitative operation Was described in form, it would not be clear “.

On Monday, a spokesperson of Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmud Abbas alleged that Israel’s operations were part of a comprehensive effort aimed at “displacing citizens and ethnic cleaning”.

Speaking to reporters in Geneva on Tuesday, Juliet Tama of the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) warned of a deteriorating situation at the Genin refugee camp.

Hundreds of Israeli security forces supported by helicopters, drones and armored bulldozers have been raided, which have long been seen as a stronghold of armed groups.

“Large parts of the camp were completely destroyed in a series of explosions by Israeli forces. It is estimated that 100 houses were destroyed or damaged,” Ms. Tama said.

“The explosion occurred on Sunday when the children were going back to school,” he said.

The IDF said on Sunday that 23 structures were “destroyed” where explosive laboratories, weapons, observation posts and other infrastructure related to armed groups were located.

Ms. Touma also said that UNRWA, which is unable to provide services in the camp since the beginning of December, had not received any prior warning of blasts from Israeli officials.

On Thursday, two laws passed by the Israeli Parliament last year that ban UNRWA activity on Israeli soil and forbid contact between Israeli officials and UNRWA employees. Israeli officials accused UNRWA of getting entangled with Hamas – an charge that refuses the agency.

Ms. Touma said that the Israeli government did not “communicate for UNRWA how they” intend to implement laws, and that the UNRWA team was currently “living and distributed”.