Israeli forces kill 4 Palestinians -

RAMALLAH, June 11 (AFP): Israeli forces killed four Palestinians on Monday in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Authority said, one of whom the military said had started a fire at an Israeli outpost.
Hundreds of Palestinians and more than a dozen Israelis have been killed in violence across the West Bank since the outbreak of the war between Israel and the militant group Hamas in Gaza began on October 7.
Four Palestinians were killed on Monday by Israeli "occupation fire" in the town of Kfar Naima, north-west of Ramallah, the territory's health ministry said.
A general strike was called in Ramallah by Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas in response to the killings, along with a pre-planned rally for Palestinians jailed by Israel.
The Israeli military said it shot at a group of four people who attempted to flee in a vehicle and tried to "run over forces" when Israeli police went to Kfar Naima to arrest a suspect. One Israeli officer was lightly hurt, an army statement said.
One of those killed was accused of setting fire to a caravan in a nearby settler outpost, Sde Ephraim Farm.
Israel has occupied the West Bank since the 1967 Arab-Israeli war and hundreds of thousands of settlers have since moved to the Palestinian territory, in breach of international law.
An Israeli police statement said a gun and explosive devices were found when officers searched the vehicle in Kfar Naima.
At least 524 Palestinians have been killed across the West Bank by Israeli forces or settlers, Palestinian officials say.
Over the same period at least 14 Israelis have been killed in the territory, according to an AFP toll based on Israeli figures.
Red Crescent says Israeli troops
came in aid truck to free hostages
The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) said Monday that Israeli troops used an aid truck to infiltrate central Gaza's Nuseirat camp when they rescued four Israeli hostages over the weekend.
The Red Cross's local Palestinian branch said in a statement that it warned "of the danger of the occupation forces' use, on Saturday, of such a vehicle to infiltrate the camp.
"The occupation forces deceived people by disguising themselves under the cover of aid that civilians desperately need amid their suffering from severe food insecurity," the statement said. "This endangers the safety of relief teams."
Such a precedent raises the possibility of humanitarian aid workers being perceived with suspicion in the future, Nebal Farsakh, a spokeswoman for PRCS, told AFP.
Asked about the Red Crescent's statement Monday, the Israeli army referred AFP to a June 8 tweet in which spokesman Avichay Adraee dismissed the allegations that forces entered Nuseirat in aid trucks as "lies".
Four hostages held in Gaza since October 7 were released during the military operation in Nuseirat refugee camp on Saturday.