Israeli Forces Kill Eight Palestinians in West Bank Amid Fragile Gaza Ceasefire

Violence surges in the territory following Hamas's attack on Israel, with the death toll reaching its highest since 2005.

Israeli forces killed at least eight Palestinians in the West Bank in the past 24 hours, amid a fragile ceasefire in Gaza.
The Israeli military conducted the raid in the Jenin refugee camp to detain a wanted Palestinian alleged to have been involved in the killing of an Israeli father and son at a West Bank car wash earlier this year.
Violence in the West Bank has surged since Hamas's attack on Israel on Oct 7 and the IDF's retaliatory invasion of the Gaza Strip.
Israeli forces have now killed 239 Palestinians in the West Bank since Oct 7, more than in any entire year since 2005, according to the United Nations.
Rights groups have accused Israel of deepening its occupation of the West Bank amid the IDF’s bid to root out militants, closing down crossings between Palestinian towns and driving the territory’s already lacklustre economy to a halt.