Israel says it beefed up security after Oct. 7 to protect the country from another attack. In the West Bank, Palestinians describe restrictions on daily life and a changing map that put statehood further out of reach.

The Israeli military said its soldiers had engaged in close combat in the Nur Shams area of the occupied territory.

Israeli strikes on the West Bank's Nur Shams refugee camp on Thursday killed two Palestinians including a child, the Palestinian health ministry reported.One Palestinian was shot and killed by the Israeli army overnight in West Bank's refugee camp of Tulkarm,