By South China Morning Post | Created at 2024-10-04 05:14:11 | Updated at 2024-10-04 07:24:15
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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.
A source within the Palestinian security services told Agence France-Presse that the air raid was the deadliest in the West Bank since 2000.
“Eighteen martyrs following the bombing of the Tulkarm camp by the occupation,” the Palestinian health ministry said on its Telegram account.
The Israeli army confirmed the strike on the town in the northern West Bank, describing it as a joint operation carried out by the Shin Bet internal security service and the air force, according to a brief statement by the military.
The Israeli military later said the strike had killed a Hamas leader in Tulkarm - Zahi Yaser Abd al-Razeq Oufi.
