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Nine Palestinian terrorists have been killed in two Israeli airstrikes in the North West Bank. The Israeli army said that its soldiers targeted a vehicle carrying five terrorists in a rural area northwest of the city of Tulkarem in the northwestern West Bank on Saturday morning. The people in the vehicle were going to attack.
The Palestinian Health Ministry said that the bodies of these people were taken to a nearby hospital. Later, Hamas identified all five people as members of the group, including a local commander.
Identification of the bodies of Palestinians difficult
According to a journalist of the news agency Associated Press and eyewitnesses, the explosion took place on the road connecting the Palestinian villages of Jeita and Qawafin. According to the news of the official Palestinian news agency Wafa, the bodies of the five Palestinians killed were taken to a nearby hospital and four bodies were so charred that they could not be identified.
Firing on Israeli soldiers
Later on Saturday, the Israeli army said it had killed four more Palestinian militants in the Tulkarem region after they opened fire on Israeli troops in the area, triggering a retaliatory strike. According to the Palestinian Health Ministry, more than 590 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks in the West Bank since the Israel-Hamas war began in Gaza in October last year.
