Palestinian militants killed three Israeli police officers on Sunday when they opened fire on a vehicle in the occupied West Bank, where Israel has carried out large-scale raids.
JERUSALEM — Palestinian militants killed three Israeli police officers on Sunday when they opened fire on a vehicle in the occupiedThe attack took place along a road in the southern West Bank . The raids have mainly been focused on urban refugee camps in the northern part of the territory, where Israeli forces have traded fire with militants on a near-daily basis since the outbreak of the war in Gaza.
The West Bank has seen a surge in violence since Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack out of Gaza ignited the war there. The last 10 months have also seen an uptick in settler violence directed at Palestinians and in Palestinian attacks on Israelis.Israel captured the West Bank, the Gaza Strip and east Jerusalem in the 1967 Mideast war. The Palestinians want all three territories for their future state, but the last serious peace talks collapsed more than 15 years ago.
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