Israeli Army Expanded Military Offensives and Operations Against West Bank

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Israeli Army Expanded Military Offensives and Operations Against West Bank

The Israeli army expanded on Monday midnight its military offensives and operations against West Bank towns and villages.

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The Israeli army expanded on Monday midnight its military offensives and operations against West Bank towns and villages.

Palestinian sources said that Israeli infantry troops, dozens of tanks and armored vehicles Monday Midnight started another military offensive against the West bank refugee camp of Deheisha which is adjacent to the West Bank town of Bethlehem.

Mohamed Madani, the governor of the besieged town of Bethlehem, said that Israeli tanks and troops supported by Apache helicopters stormed the refugee camp near Bethlehem in an attempt to take over it.

"There has been Israeli military preparation of sending more reinforcements of troops and vehicles on Sunday and Monday," Madani said.

The residents said that they are afraid that the Israeli army would carry out an operation similar to the one in the West bank town of Ramallah that started on Friday.

Abu Khalil Laham, chief of refugee camps in the area of Bethlehem who lives in the Deheisha refugee camp, said that Israeli tanks and armored vehicles rolled through the southern and western entrances of the camp.

Palestinians said that the Israeli army has been sending more troops and armored vehicles into the area closed to the southern entrance to the West Bank town of Nablus.

Meanwhile, Palestinians reported that two Palestinians were killed during an armed attack on a settler's convoy near the village of Samou near Hebron. Four settlers were wounded.

At Least 30 Palestinians Killed Since Friday: Medical Sources

At least 30 Palestinians have been killed, most of them in the West Bank city of Ramallah, by Israeli troops since Israel launched military operations against the Palestinians on Friday, Palestinian medical sources said on Monday.

Palestinian Deputy Health Minister Monther Al Sharif said that there are at least 25 bodies kept in the refrigerators of Ramallah Hospitals, adding that they were killed by Israeli troops who took over Ramallah on Friday.

Another five Palestinians were killed in West Bank towns of Tulkarem and Bethlehem and Gaza Strip areas by Israeli troops, said Al Sharif.

He expressed concerns that there are some bodies of Palestinians remaining in flats and on the streets "as the Israeli army is totally closing the town and their tanks are in every corner preventing ambulances and medical teams from reaching them."

He said that he has heard from residents that there are also some people who got injured, but can not go to hospital for treatment because of the tightened curfew imposed on the town.

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