Nine killed in two Israeli strikes on Tulkarm in occupied West Bank

Nine people have been killed in two Israeli air strikes on the city of Tulkarm in the occupied West Bank.

The Palestinian news agency Wafa said the Israeli army killed four people in a second air strike on the occupied West Bank city of Tulkarm, hours after killing a Hamas commander and four other Palestinians in another strike.

Wafa, citing local sources, said Israeli forces hit a car near the village of Bal'a, killing four people. The agency added that they blocked ambulances from reaching the scene. 

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