The Associated Press counts more than 130 Palestinians killed since the start of 2023 while some 24 people have died in Palestinian attacks aimed at Israelis. But many Palestinian civilians have been killed. Israel says it's targeting a new wave of militants who have attacked Israelis. The spike in violence came amid more than a year of near-daily Israeli raids in the West Bank, which is under Israeli occupation. 'Whoever thinks an attack like this will deter us from continuing our battle against terror is mistaken,' said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Paramedics say an Israeli civilian shot and killed him. Israeli police say the Palestinian driver, identified by local media as a 20-year-old man from a West Bank village near Hebron, rammed his vehicle into pedestrians at an outside shopping center, then exited the car and stabbed people with a sharp object. The Hamas militant group claimed responsibility. Meanwhile in Israel Tuesday, there was a Palestinian car ramming and stabbing attack in an upscale area of Tel Aviv that wounded at least eight people. There's been extensive damage to services in the crowded district as Israeli troops dug up roads they said militants had seeded with explosives.Īs much as a quarter of the Palestinian population of the refugee camp - thousands of people - has fled the Israeli offensive there, the United Nations estimates. Palestinian officials say at least 12 Palestinians have been killed - Israel claims at least 10 were militants - and 100 injured. Israel said it was targeting a militant hub inside the camp. More than 1,000 Israeli troops have been operating in the camp since early Monday. There were still reports of ongoing gun battles along with signs of Israeli vehicles on the move out. 'Because we obtained most of our goals in, uh, the next hours, I guess we'll finish, the operation,' said Chief military spokesman Daniel Hagari. TEL AVIV - The Israeli military said late Tuesday it was beginning to withdraw troops from the the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank. The Israeli military said Israel launched the operation because some 50 attacks over the past year had emanated from Jenin. Palestinian health officials put the Palestinian death toll from the two-day raid at 10. Residents of the Jenin refugee camp fled their homes as the Israeli military pressed ahead with an operation in the area, in Jenin, West Bank, Tuesday.

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