Israeli forces have killed more than 30 militants in the town of Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, in the last 24 hours, an Israeli army spokesman said yesterday.

The forces expanded their operations towards an armed Hamas unit in the town of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, Daniel Hagari said in a televised statement.

“The fighting there the previous day was fierce. Unfortunately there are also casualties. Our forces have killed more than 30 militants in this area in the last 24 hours alone.”

Earlier, ten Palestinians were killed during Israeli military operations in two refugee camps in the occupied West Bank, according to Israeli and Palestinian sources.

Since the start of the war in the Gaza Strip on October 7, the Israeli army has been conducting almost daily operations in the West Bank, Palestinian territory occupied by Israel since 1967.

Today in Tulkarem, a military operation led to fighting. Five Palestinians were killed, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health.

An AFP photographer heard repeated fire from automatic weapons, noted the presence of armored vehicles and the flight of unmanned vehicles over the area, whose hum was incessant.

The military, which confirmed it carried out the strike “during anti-terrorist operations”, said it was checking buildings, questioning “dozens of suspects” and making arrests.

“A number of terrorists were killed” and an Israeli soldier was seriously wounded, he added.

“The Israeli army besieged the camp after midnight” on the night of Tuesday into Wednesday, by air and ground, with “many soldiers and tanks” causing “a lot of damage,” a camp official, Faisal, told AFP. Salami.

In a separate incident, the armed wing of Fatah – the party of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas – announced the death of five of its members in the Balata refugee camp (centre), in Nablus.

Israel announced this morning that it had neutralized “a terrorist cell” in that refugee camp, with an airstrike on a car.

According to Israel’s military and internal security agency, Shin Bet, the strike killed Amed Abdullah Abu Salal, described as the leader of the cell that was planning an “imminent and large-scale” attack.

Al-‘Aqsa Brigades, the military wing of Fatah, confirmed the death of ‘Amed Abdullah Abu Salal.