TULKARM: Six Pales­tinians were shot dead in an Israeli raid in the occupied West Bank on Wed­nesday, the Palestinian Authority’s health ministry said.

The Palestinian Red Crescent said the Israeli army stormed the refugee camp in the northern city of Tulkarem and briefly detained a 16-year-old with shrapnel wounds to his face.

A 26-year-old young woman “beaten by the Israeli army” had been transferred to hospital, the Red Crescent added.

The Israeli army was still in the camp at mid-morning on Wednesday, an AFP photographer reported.

The Israeli army did not immediately respond for comment.

The Palestinian Red Crescent said that it treated a total of 26 injured, including four with bullet wounds, in the West Bank towns of Tulkarem, Bethlehem, Tubas and Qalqilya.

Over 200 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli soldiers and settlers across the West Bank since Oct 7, according to the ministry. The United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees said, eight people, including one child, had been killed by Israeli settlers.

The human rights NGO Yesh Din studied more than 1,000 cases of settler violence submitted to the Israeli justice system between 2005 and 2021 and found that 92 per cent of cases resulted in a dismissal, the group said.

Published in Dawn, November 23rd, 2023