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Dead bodies desecrated as Israeli forces step up carnage in West Bank

Friday, 20 September 2024 8:43 AM [ Last Update: Friday, 20 September 2024 8:51 AM ]

Palestinians stand by a car that was destroyed in an Israeli airstrike, in the town of Qabatiya, near Jenin, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, on September 19, 2024. (Photo by Reuters)

At least seven Palestinians have been killed and nearly a dozen others were injured after Israeli forces carried out an hours-long raid in the northern West Bank city of Qabatiya.

The Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) crews retrieved the body of a man, identified as Shadi Sami Zakarneh, from inside a house that was surrounded by Israeli special forces on Thursday afternoon, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported.

Earlier in the day, two young men were killed while another youth and a child sustained injuries during the wide-scale Israeli military offensive in Qabatiya, which included drone strikes targeting a vehicle near the town's café complex.

Medical teams at the town’s emergency center reported another fatality from wounds sustained during the offensive.

Israeli forces shoot at Palestinian journalists as they report on the raid in the town of Qabatiya, located south of Jenin.#FreePalestine pic.twitter.com/iPHkEUvqI0
— Palestine Highlights (@PalHighlight) September 19, 2024

Three young men were also confirmed killed after being shot on the rooftop of a besieged house, while 11 others were injured elsewhere in Qabatiya, including two who were run over by a military jeep.

Videos circulating on social media show Israeli forces desecrating the dead bodies of three victims, throwing them off buildings before a military bulldozer took the bodies away.

Israeli forces stormed Qabatiya on Thursday, backed by army vehicles, including bulldozers, as well as fighter jets and drones.

'Heinous crime': Israeli forces throw Palestinians’ bodies off building in Jenin

A shocking video has circulated on social media showing Israeli soldiers throwing the bodies of Palestinian men from a building during a raid in the occupied West Bank.

Tensions have intensified throughout the occupied West Bank as Israel persists in its bloody war on the Gaza Strip.

At least 714 people, including 160 children, have since been killed in Israeli raids and settler attacks across the occupied West Bank since the war on Gaza began.

Since October 7, at least 41,272 Palestinians, most of them women and children, have also been killed in Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip during the regime’s genocidal war.

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