A pregnant young woman and with her the child who carried on his lap were killed by the Israeli armed forces during the offensive underway in the refugee camp of Nur Shams, in the governor of Tulkarem, in the north of occupied West Bank. This was reported by the Palestinian Ministry of Health, specifying that Sondos Jamal Muhammad Shalabi, 23, was at the eighth month of pregnancy. “The medical teams were unable to save the life of the fetus as the occupation prevented the transfer of the wounded to the hospital, where the Shalabi town arrived martyred together with its fetus”, reads the update on Telegram. The husband of the killed girl, hospitalized in serious condition, was also injured in the violence.
Previously, the Palestinian Red Mezzaluna company said she had brought a lifeless woman to the hospital and another seriously injured man, after the Israeli soldiers had prevented the group’s ambulances from accessing the area for several hours.
The Israeli army announced at dawn the expansion of its offensive in the north of West Bank occupied at the Nur Shams field, in the Governorate of Tulkarem, stating that the forces have already killed several “terrorists” and arrested of the refined in the area.
The official Palestinian press agency, Wafa, said that the Israeli forces sent heavy and bulldozer machinery in the field during the early hours of the morning and launched several raids in the houses of the area. In the meantime, in the nearby field of Tulkarem, the Israeli forces continue to break into the houses, many of which are now empty and ruined after two days of clashes.
The military operation of the Israeli forces in the north of the West Bank, nicknamed “Wall of Iron”, was launched on January 21, also targeting the refugee camps of Jenin and Far’a. The offensive has already caused the death of over 20 people, including three children – a two -year -old newborn, a ten -year -old boy – the displacement of thousands of people and the destruction of large areas of fields, of critical houses and infrastructures.