Israel Steps Up Military Operations, 12 Palestinian Dead

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Israel Steps Up Military Operations, 12 Palestinian Dead

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The Israeli army intensified its widespread military offensive Tuesday against Palestinian towns, refugee camps and villages in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, where medical sources said 12 Palestinians were killed.

Israeli troops shot dead a Palestinian child west of the town of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, local medical sources said.

The troops stationed near the settlement of Neveh Dekalim opened fire at a group of Palestinian boys playing in the area, killing the 12-year-old Khalid Salah, the sources said.

Local residents said that it was quiet when Israeli troops opened fire at the children playing near the wire fence of the Israeli settlement.

In the West Bank town of Hebron, Palestinians said that Israeli troops shot dead a Palestinian militant after a short exchange of fire. The Israeli soldiers chased him until he was shot and killed.

Medical sources in Bethlehem reported that five Palestinians were killed in the holy West Bank town during an Israeli army raid launched early Tuesday.

The sources said that among the five victims were a Palestinian woman and her son. An Israeli tank fired a shell at their house in the town.

Initial reports said that four Palestinian militants were killed in a gunbattle in Bethlehem between them and Israeli troops who tightens on Tuesday night their military actions into the town.

In another incident, a Palestinian woman was shot and killed near the West Bank town of Ramallah.

Palestinian sources also revealed that Israeli troops prevented a pregnant woman from Bethlehem who needed delivery from reaching the Bethlehem Maternity Hospital, and the woman and the baby died before reaching the hospital.

Palestinian security sources said that dozens of Israeli army tanks and armored vehicles headed infantry troops on Tuesday evening into the northern West Bank town of Jenin in a new military operation.

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