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Israeli forces have withdrawn from the occupied West Bank city of Jenin, the Palestinian news agency Wafa is reporting, after a 10-day raid in which 21 people were killed according to the Palestinian health ministry.
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A Reuters witness said the Israeli forces left behind extensive damage to infrastructure.
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In a statement on Facebook, the Palestinian foreign ministry accused Israel of transferring to the occupied West Bank its brutal destruction and devastation in the Gaza Strip, as evidenced by the situation in the cities of Jenin and Tulkarm, and the refugee camps there.
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Israeli raids elsewhere in the West Bank continued, Al Jazeera reported, including in the village of Husan, west of Bethlehem, where a 20-year-old woman was injured by shrapnel from Israeli gunfire as she tried to close a window.
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Israeli forces also raided the village of Beit Tamar, east of Bethlehem and the Balata refugee camp, east of Nablus, where a 30-year-old Palestinian man was injured by shrapnel.
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Israeli settlers backed up by soldiers meanwhile attacked the Palestinian villages of Khader Kayed Bani Odeh and Khader Shahada Bani Odeh in the northern Jordan Valley, the Qatar-based broadcaster reported.
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At least 39 Palestinians have been killed and 140 injured across the occupied West Bank during Israel’s 10-day operation, according to Palestinian health authorities, the largest to take place in the area since 2002. Most of the dead have been armed fighters but some uninvolved civilians have also been killed, including a 16-year-old girl. One Israeli soldier was also killed.
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In other developments:
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The medical charity Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said it had been forced to suspend its activities in the occupied West Bank cities of Jenin and Tulkarem since the start of Israel’s “recent incursions” and accused the Israeli military of “repeated attacks” on health workers, ambulances and medical facilities. In a statement on Thursday it said Israeli forces had caused “wide-scale damage to road infrastructure, electricity networks and water supplies.”
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US secretary of state Antony Blinken said on Thursday it was incumbent on both Israel and Palestinian Islamist group Hamas to say yes on remaining issues to reach a Gaza ceasefire deal, which has faced obstacles in negotiations across months. “Based on what I have seen, 90% is agreed but there are a few critical issues that remain,” including the so-called Philadelphi corridor on the southern edge of the Gaza Strip bordering Egypt, Blinken said at a press briefing in Haiti.
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At least 40,878 Palestinians have been killed and 94,454 injured in Israel’s military offensive in the Gaza Strip since 7 October, the territory’s health ministry said in a statement on Thursday. The figure does not include the thousands buried under the rubble or those who have died of curable diseases and illnesses but who could not access appropriate healthcare due to Israel’s destruction of the health system.
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Five Palestinians were killed by an Israeli airstrike that struck a tent encampment inside the al-Aqsa hospital compound where displaced people have sought shelter, according to Gaza health officials. The Israeli military claimed the airstrike had hit a command centre used by Hamas and the Islamic Jihad.
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Amnesty International on Thursday urged a war crimes probe into Israel razing homes and farms in eastern Gaza to expand a so-called buffer zone between it and the Palestinian territory. “Using bulldozers and manually laid explosives, the Israeli military has unlawfully destroyed agricultural land and civilian buildings, razing entire neighbourhoods, including homes, schools and mosques,” it said. The London-based rights group said the levelling since the start of the war on 7 October “should be investigated as war crimes of wanton destruction and of collective punishment”.
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Summary at the beginning
Hello and welcome to the Guardian's live coverage of the Israel-Gaza war.
Palestinian news agency Wafa reported that Israeli forces have withdrawn from the occupied West Bank city of Jenin after 10 days of attacks that left 21 people dead, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry.
A Reuters witness said Israeli forces left extensive damage to infrastructure.
In a statement on Facebook, the Palestinian Foreign Ministry accused Israel of shifting the brutal destruction and devastation in the Gaza Strip onto the occupied West Bank, as evidenced by the situation in the cities of Jenin and Tulkarm and the refugee camps there.
Al Jazeera reported that Israeli raids continued in other parts of the West Bank, including in the village of Husan west of Bethlehem, where a 20-year-old woman was injured by shrapnel from Israeli gunfire as she tried to close a window.
Israeli forces also raided the village of Beit Tamar, east of Bethlehem, and the Balata refugee camp in eastern Nablus, where a 30-year-old Palestinian man was wounded by shrapnel.
Meanwhile, Israeli settlers backed by soldiers attacked the Palestinian villages of Kader Qaed Bani Odeh and Kader Shahada Bani Odeh in the northern Jordan Valley, the Qatar-based broadcaster reported.
At least 39 Palestinians have been killed and 140 wounded across the occupied West Bank in 10 days of Israeli operations, the largest in the territory since 2002, according to Palestinian health officials. Most of the dead were armed combatants, but innocent civilians, including a 16-year-old girl, were also killed. One Israeli soldier was also killed.
Other developments:
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Medical charity Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said it had been forced to suspend its activities in the occupied West Bank cities of Jenin and Tulkarem since the start of Israel's “recent aggression”, accusing Israeli forces of “repeated attacks” on medical workers, ambulances and medical facilities.. in statement The ministry said Thursday that Israeli forces had caused “extensive damage to road infrastructure, power grids and water supplies.”
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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Thursday that both Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas must agree on remaining issues to reach a Gaza ceasefire deal that has faced obstacles in months of negotiations. “From what I've seen, 90 percent is agreed upon, but there are some key issues remaining, including the so-called Philadelphia Corridor on the southern edge of the Gaza Strip, where it borders Egypt,” Blinken said at a news conference in Haiti.
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At least 40,878 Palestinians have been killed and 94,454 injured in Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip since October 7, the Gaza Strip Health Ministry said in a statement on Thursday.This figure does not include the thousands buried under rubble, or those who died of treatable illnesses without access to proper medical care due to Israel's destruction of the health care system.
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Gaza health officials said five Palestinians were killed when Israeli airstrikes hit a tent camp on the grounds of Al-Aqsa hospital where displaced people were taking shelter.The Israeli military claimed the airstrike hit a command center used by Hamas and Islamic Jihad.
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Amnesty International on Thursday called for a war crimes investigation into Israel's destruction of homes and farms in the eastern Gaza Strip to expand the so-called buffer zone between the Palestinian territories and the Gaza Strip. “Israeli forces have used bulldozers and hand-placed explosives to illegally destroy agricultural land and civilian buildings, destroying entire neighborhoods including homes, schools and mosques,” it said. The London-based rights group said the destruction since the war began on October 7 “should be investigated as a war crime of indiscriminate destruction and collective punishment.”
