Russia Concerned About Israeli Raids on West Bank

Russia is concerned about Israeli army raids in the occupied West Bank during which "dozens of people have been killed," Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Thursday.

Israel has been striking armed groups in the West Bank with increasing intensity as it wages war on Hamas and Islamic Jihad in the Gaza Strip, another territory where Palestinians seek to establish an independent state.

Palestinian medics and local media said Israeli forces had killed at least eight Palestinians in the West Bank on Tuesday.