Tulkarem: A Palestinian child and journalist were injured by Israeli army fire in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, medics said. The Palestinian Red Crescent Society reported that a 47-year-old journalist sustained a leg injury from live fire, while a 12-year-old child was wounded in the neck by shrapnel during a raid in the Nur Shams refugee camp in Tulkarem in the northern West Bank. Both injured individuals were hospitalized for medical attention, the organization stated.

According to Anadolu Agency, tension has been rising in the northern West Bank amid repeated Israeli raids that have forced thousands of residents from the area. Palestinian figures indicate that more than 50,000 Palestinians have been forced to leave refugee camps in the northern West Bank since the Israeli army launched a deadly incursion in the area in January.

The Israeli army has intensified its attacks in the West Bank since the outbreak of the Gaza war in October 2023. More than 1,073 Palestinians have been killed, and 10,700 others injured in attacks by the army and illegal settlers in the occupied territory. In a landmark opinion last July, the International Court of Justice declared Israel's occupation of Palestinian territory illegal and called for the evacuation of all settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.