West Bank

An Israeli civilian was injured in the occupied West Bank Sunday when troops fired at a group of "masked suspects" who turned out to be Israeli citizens, the army said.

Israel carried out air strikes on the Gaza Strip Wednesday in response to rocket fire from the coastal enclave, as the military began withdrawing forces from Jenin in the occupied West Bank after a major two-day operation in the area.

According to reports, the victims died after being attacked by a motorcyclist with a knife, reports Reuters.
Four people who were injured were transferred to a hospital in Tel Aviv, according to "The Times of Israel".

Israel on Monday launched its most intense military operation in the occupied West Bank in nearly two decades, carrying out a series of drone strikes and sending hundreds of troops on an open-ended mission into a militant stronghold. At least eight Palestinians were killed and dozens wounded.

Israeli drones struck targets in a stronghold of militants in the occupied West Bank early Monday and hundreds of troops were deployed in the area, an incursion that resembled the wide-scale military operations carried out during the second Palestinian uprising two decades ago. Palestinian health officials said at least three Palestinians were killed.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has once again stressed that Sweden needs to do more to stop the activities of the terror group PKK/PYD in line with the trilateral agreement to join the NATO alliance, in a phone with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz.

The UN Security Council on Tuesday expressed sadness over the recent deaths of civilians in violence in the occupied West Bank and urged all parties to "refrain from unilateral actions that further inflame tensions."

The Turkish Foreign Ministry issued a strong condemnation on June 26, expressing its deep concern over the Israeli government's recent approval of the construction of approximately 5,700 new residential units in the occupied West Bank.

The Israeli army acknowledged Friday it "failed" to prevent an attack by Jewish settlers on a Palestinian village in the occupied West Bank, during which one villager was killed.

The Turkish Foreign Ministry has strongly condemned the recent attack on Islam's holy book of Quran in the city of Urif, located in the Palestinian territories under Israeli occupation.