Tensions simmer between Iran and Israel as war devastates Gaza: Live updates

An ambulance driver was killed by Israeli settlers as he tried to transport Palestinians who had been attacked by settlers in the West Bank, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health and an aid organization.

The ministry identified the driver as Mohammed Awad Allah Mohammed Musa, 50, and said he worked with the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS).

He was killed by settlers who opened fire on his ambulance, PRCS told CNN. 

In pictures shared by the organization, the ambulance crew is seen siting inside an IDF vehicle, surrounded by soldiers. PRCS says the crew was detained and interrogated while trying to carry out humanitarian work.

CNN has reached out to the IDF for comment.

Violence in the West Bank: Violence against Palestinians by extremist settlers — long a reality in the West Bank — has spiked since the October 7 attacks and during Israel’s ensuing military campaign in Gaza.

The settlers, whose homes in the occupied territories are considered illegal by most of the international community, and those who support them have been subject to increasing sanctions by the United States and European Union.

Meanwhile, the IDF is currently carrying out one of its largest operations in the West Bank since the start of the war. The military said Saturday it has killed 10 “terrorists” in the ongoing raid at the Nur al-Shams refugee camp. It says eight IDF soldiers and one Border Force officer have been lightly or moderately injured in fighting.

The Palestinian news agency Wafa, by contrast, has said at least one person killed at the camp was a child, and that the operation has brought mass arrests of young people and destruction of infrastructure.