GAZA: The Israeli military has announced that a soldier was killed on Wednesday during combat in northern Gaza, Al Jazeera reports. The 21-year-old platoon commander in the 435th Infantry Battalion was killed in fighting while a captain and a combat officer were seriously injured in the same incident and have been evacuated to hospital.
The death brings the total number of soldiers killed during Israel’s ground offensive against Hamas in Gaza to 324, according to an Israeli media tally.
The Israeli military has stormed the occupied West Bank city of Qalqilya, the Wafa news agency reports, arresting a Palestinian man after storming his house.
The Israeli military had arrested three of the man’s brothers in Qalqilya on Wednesday, local media reports.
Israeli forces have also stormed the Jalazone refugee camp north of Ramallah, arresting one man — and the city of Hebron and several towns in the Hebron governorate, including Dura, Idhna, Beit Awa, Surif and Deir Samit.
The Israeli military has stormed the occupied West Bank city of Qalqilya, the Wafa news agency reports, arresting a Palestinian man after storming his house.
The Israeli military had arrested three of the man’s brothers in Qalqilya on Wednesday, local media reports.
Israeli forces have also stormed the Jalazone refugee camp north of Ramallah, arresting one man — and the city of Hebron and several towns in the Hebron governorate, including Dura, Idhna, Beit Awa, Surif and Deir Samit.