Protesters wave Palestinian national flags during a demonstration in support of the Palestinian resistance in Al-Manara Square in the West Bank city of Ramallah, on Jan. 12.MARCO LONGARI/Getty Images
The Israeli army said Friday it killed three Palestinian men who infiltrated a West Bank settlement and fired upon soldiers.
The soldiers were attacked while patrolling the settlement of Adora in the southern West Bank and they returned fire, killing three men, according to Israel’s Army Radio.
One 34-year-old Israeli reservist was injured with a shot to the leg, the army said.
The attack came amid surging violence in the occupied territory nearly 100 days into Israel’s war with Hamas in Gaza.
Israel has held the West Bank under a tight grip ever since Hamas’ deadly cross-border attack in southern Israel on Oct. 7. The army frequently stages deadly military raids it says are aimed at stamping out militancy.
The Palestinian Health Ministry says Israeli forces have killed 344 Palestinians in the West Bank since Oct. 7.
Correction: This story was first published on Jan. 12, 2024. It was updated on Jan. 14, 2024 to correct that a 34-year-old man injured in West Bank violence was a reservist Israeli soldier wounded by a Palestinian attacker, not a Palestinian wounded by Israelis.