RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territories, Feb 3, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - The Palestinian health ministry said on Monday that Israeli forces had killed 70 people in the occupied West Bank since the start of 2025.

"Seventy martyrs in the West Bank since the beginning of this year," the Ramallah-based ministry said in a statement detailing 10 children, one woman and two elderly people among the dead. The ministry confirmed to AFP they were "killed by the Israeli occupation".