WEST BANK: At least five Palestinians have been shot dead by Israeli forces in a raid on the Far’a refugee camp in the occupied West Bank, according to the Palestinian health ministry.

Overnight and early this morning, raids have been reported in several areas across the occupied Palestinian territory.

These areas include Ramallah, where Israeli soldiers fired sound grenades and tear gas Al Fawwar refugee camp, south of Hebron, villages of Kafr Qaddum and Jinsafut, east of Qalqilya and occupied East Jerusalem, where Israeli forces have also arrested two Palestinian men, according to the Palestinian news agency Wafa

In response to a Reuters investigation that found its forces had killed a Reuters journalist in southern Lebanon on October 13, the Israeli military said on Friday that the event occurred in an active combat zone and was being investigated.

A military statement said that at the time, Lebanese Hezbollah fighters had attacked across the border and Israeli forces had opened fire to stop a suspected armed infiltration, without specifically addressing the death of Issam Abdallah.