Violent confrontations in Gaza, 13 Palestinians killed, operations extend to Ramullah

The Israeli occupation forces extended the scale of its operations in Gaza and Ramullah during the past hours and this resulted in killing 13 Palestinians and destroying of scores of houses.

During the past 24 hours, number of Palestinians killed in Jabalia camp increased to nine after one Palestinian girl was killed inside her house to the east of the camp.

News reports in Gaza said that the Islamic resistance movement Hamas said it succeeded in destroying one Israeli tank at the outskirt of the camp and killed the soldiers inside it.

Confrontations also extended in the early hours of today morning to include Ramullah in the West Bank where four were killed including two members of the Palestinian "Force 17".