Two Palestinian women and an unborn child have been killed by Israeli forces during a raid on Nour Shams refugee camp in the occupied West Bank.
Sundus Jamal Shalabi, 23, who was eight months pregnant, and her unborn baby were shot and killed by Israeli gunfire on Sunday morning, the Palestinian health ministry said.
Shalabi’s husband was critically injured in the attack.
Medical teams were unable to save Shalabi and her unborn child due to Israeli forces blocking access, according to the ministry.
The Palestinian foreign affairs ministry said Shalabi’s death was the latest example of the Israel military’s targeting of civilians.
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“The occupation completed its crime by obstructing the work of the ambulance crews twice, the first time by obstructing the ambulance from reaching the injured and trying to rescue them,” it said.
“And the second time by deliberately detaining the ambulance and delaying its arrival to Thabet Thabet governmental hospital, which is already besieged by the occupation forces.”
The ministry added that it was following up on “crimes of murder, ethnic cleansing and forced displacement committed by the occupation forces with various international bodies and UN institutions to hold Israeli war criminals accountable”.
Later in the day, Rahaf Fuad Abdullah, 21, was also shot by Israeli forces with live ammunition in the camp east of Tulkarm.
She was killed instantly, Wafa news agency reported.
A 14-year-old child and the child’s father were wounded by Israeli military gunfire in the camp, according to the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS).
Wafa reported that Israeli forces deployed reinforcements around the camp, imposing a blockade on all entrances and exits. The raid is part of a wider operation targeting Tulkarm.
Israeli bulldozers destroyed several streets in the camp, damaging water pipes in the Jabal al-Nasr neighbourhood.
Live ammunition and sound bombs were also fired towards the Jabal al-Salihin neighbourhood.
Elsewhere in the West Bank on Sunday, Israeli forces stormed the village of al-Nassariya, northeast of Nablus.
Meanwhile, Israeli settlers, under military protection, stormed the town of Huwwara, south of Nablus, wielding flags and shutting down main roads.
Israeli security forces continue their weeks-long military campaign across northern areas of the occupied West Bank, including Jenin, Tulkarm and Tubas.
