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One killed, 28 injured in Israeli air raid on Balata refugee camp

At least one person has been killed and 28 others injured during an Israeli army raid on the Balata refugee camp in the occupied West Bank city of Nablus, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health and the Red Crescent.

The health ministry in Gaza has named the man killed as Louay Muhammad Misha, stating he was 17 years old.

It added that nine of the injured are currently being treated at Rafidia Hospital in Nablus. Two are in a critical condition.

Earlier, the Israeli army said it had launched an attack on the camp and killed a man that the army said was wanted.

Also, an Israeli army spokesperson said that a Palestinian gunman opened fire on a military site near an entrance to Nablus, injuring an Israeli soldier.

According to the Israeli media outlet Haaretz, which quoted an unnamed security source, the attack came as a response to the shooting of the Israeli soldier.