Seven Palestinians were injured this morning as Israel continued its raids in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
The injuries occured as Israeli armoured units made two raids into the Nusseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip and into the northern West Bank town of Jenin, Palestinian medical and security sources said.
All seven sustained gunshot wounds when an armoured unit, accompanied by bulldozers, made a brief raid into the Nuseirat refugee camp, the head of Deir al-Balah hospital said
Exchanges of fire broke out as troops moved into the camp to arrest an activist from the radical Hamas group, Abdul Hakim al-Jahjuh, but he escaped unharmed, security sources said
At the same time, a column of some 25 Israeli tanks and jeeps entered Jenin and its adjacent refugee camp, sparking exchanges of fire with Palestinian gunmen, the security sources said, adding they imposed a curfew on the area.
Elsewhere in the West Bank, the army imposed for the third day running a ban on a thousand Palestinians from returning to their homes in the northern refugee camp of Tulkarem, saying it would remain in force while the hunt was still on for wanted militants in the camp.
Aged between 15 and 45, the Palestinians were rounded up on Wednesday for an identity check at one of the camp's schools, which is run by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA). UNRWA has filed an official complaint over the use of its premises for such activities.
AFP