The three have been killed within the early hours of Monday morning amid a blockade of the Balata refugee camp.

Three Palestinians have been killed in a raid by Israeli forces on the Balata refugee camp within the occupied West Financial institution, the Palestinian well being ministry mentioned in a press release.

The incident happened at about 1am native time on Monday (22:00 GMT on Sunday) after Israeli forces blockaded the camp’s entrances with bulldozers, stopping ambulances and journalists from getting inside, residents advised Al Jazeera.

The raid was one of many largest operations in years, they mentioned.

The Palestinian well being ministry recognized the three males killed as Muhammad Abu Zaytoun, 32, Fathi Abu Rizk, 30, and Abdullah Abu Hamdan, 24.

There was no quick affirmation of the fatalities by the Israeli navy.

Israel has performed a sequence of incursions within the occupied West Financial institution for the reason that begin of the 12 months, and earlier this month raided Balata the place it killed two Palestinians.

On that event, the Fatah motion of Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas mentioned the 2 males killed have been members of its armed wing, the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades.

Monday’s raid happened after a automotive ramming assault close to Nablus on Sunday through which an Israeli soldier was injured.