Live Updates: Multiple casualties reported in Israeli strike on West Bank

Saturday, May 18, 2024

06:12 GMT — Multiple casualties reported in Israeli strike on West Bank

A Palestinian man has been killed and eight other people wounded in an Israeli air strike on the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Health Ministry said.

Israeli media, including the Ynet news website, quoted an Israeli military statement that confirmed the strike on a Palestinian "armed cell" that claimed it was planning an attack against an Israeli target.

The Palestinian ministry said the eight wounded people were in stable condition and receiving treatment at hospitals. TRT Afrika could not immediately confirm their identities.

04:50 GMT — US evacuates 17 US citizen doctors from Gaza

The United States has evacuated out of Gaza 17 American doctors who had been stuck since an Israeli siege of the Rafah crossing closed the border with Egypt, official sources said.

US diplomats arranged for the 17 doctors to leave instead through the Karem Abu Salem crossing into Israel.

"Some of the US citizen doctors who had been stuck in Gaza have now safely departed and made their way to safety" a State Department spokesperson said.

04:00 GMT — Hamas says US pier not 'alternative to opening all land crossings'

Hamas resistance group has said the US-built temporary pier in Gaza to provide humanitarian aid cannot be an alternative to opening land crossings.

In a statement, the Palestinian group affirmed on "the right of [Palestinian] people to receive all the aid they need in light of the humanitarian catastrophe caused by the occupation after its brutal aggression against the Gaza Strip."

"We reaffirm our rejection to any military presence of any force on our Palestinian lands," the statement said.

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