Israeli air attack on Tulkarm refugee camp kills three Palestinians
An Israeli air attack on a house in Tulkarm refugee camp in the occupied West Bank killed three Palestinians on Thursday morning.
Israel's military targeted the home in the Aktaba suburb during a campaign of raids and arrests across the West Bank.
Imad Tayseer Shraim, Wassim Anbar and Muawiya Al-Hajj Ahmed were killed in Tulkarm, the Palestinian health ministry announced.
Israeli forces surrounded Tulkarm camp, accompanied by military bulldozers and snipers on the roofs of buildings, according to local Palestinian media.
The house in Aktaba was reportedly struck by an Energa anti-tank grenade.
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Confrontations broke out between Palestinian and Israeli forces, with medics reporting that at least one Palestinian was wounded by live bullets.
Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, said fighters from its Tulkarm battalion detonated explosive devices targeting Israeli military vehicles.
Israel's military said its aircraft struck "several militants" in Tulkarm camp.
Elsewhere in the West Bank, the Palestinian Red Crescent Society said it was treating a 17-year-old boy in the town of Kafr Aqab for wounds from live bullet shrapnel.
Three Palestinians were also wounded by live Israeli bullets in Balata refugee camp, east of Nablus, while three more were wounded from Israeli gunshots in the town of Beit Furik.
At least 25 Palestinians were detained by Israeli forces overnight in the West Bank, including two women and a child, according to the Palestinian Prisoners' Society.
More than 10,000 Palestinians have been arrested in the West Bank and occupied East Jerusalem since war broke out in Gaza on 7 October.
At least 640 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces in the West Bank during that time, including 144 children.
In Gaza, Israeli forces have killed more than 40,000 Palestinians since the war began.
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