RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territories, Oct 4, 2024 (BSS/AFP) - At least 18 people were killed in the West Bank refugee camp of Tulkarm, the Palestinian health ministry said late Thursday, following an air strike that the Israeli military claimed killed a local Hamas leader.

The high toll and Israel’s use of a warplane were unusual for the Israeli military’s operations in the West Bank, which have escalated during the war in Gaza.

In an airstrike on a popular cafe in Tulkarm camp, north of the West Bank, Israeli jets killed 14 Palestinian people and injured several more on Thursday night. According to the Ministry of Health, 14 citizens were killed and several others suffered various injuries when an Occupation aircraft bombed a popular cafe in the Al-Hamam neighborhood of the Tulkarm camp with at least one missile while people were there.

ALBAWABA- For the first time in two decades, Israeli warplanes launched missile strikes in the occupied West Bank, killing 15 people and wounding over 2

At least 18 people have been killed by an Israeli strike on the Tulkarm refugee camp in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian health ministry said on its Telegram account.

The Israeli military said early on Friday it killed the head of the Hamas network in a strike on West Bank's Tulkarm.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has announced that, three months ago, it killed three senior Hamas leaders in Gaza. Among them is Rawhi Mushtaha, identified by the IDF as the head of the Hamas government in Gaza,

Israeli military says it killed a senior Hamas leader in Gaza in a strike 3 months ago.