Search for attackers

Fatalities in West Bank attack

Security forces search for the attackers in the south of the West Bank.(Bild: AFP)

At least two Israelis have been killed in a suspected Palestinian attack in the West Bank. 

The Israeli rescue service Zaka announced that two people aged around 30 were killed and another seriously injured in the incident near Tarkumija near Hebron. According to the Israeli army, assailants had opened fire on a vehicle at a military roadblock. The security forces were searching for the attackers in the south of the West Bank.

Israel began a military operation in the northern West Bank on Wednesday. The army justified the action with the significant increase in the number of attacks on Israelis. The aim was to take action against Hamas and Islamic Jihad.

The situation in the West Bank has worsened significantly since thestart of the Gaza warfollowing the Hamas massacre on October 7, 2023. Since then, 648 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli military operations, confrontations or their own attacks in the West Bank, according to the Ministry of Health.