The Palestinian Health Ministry said at least eight Palestinians, including two women and a child, were killed in attacks by Israeli troops and military aircraft on the Tulkarm and Nour Shams refugee camps in the occupied West Bank. teenager.

Israel’s health ministry said seven people were killed and one person was killed in the nearby Noor Shams refugee camp in an Israeli drone strike and troop shooting in the Tulkarim refugee camp after a bloody day of military attacks that began at dawn on Tuesday. die.

The ministry said that among the seven people killed in the Israeli attack on Tulkarem were two Palestinian women – Kavala Ali Abdullah Abdo, 53, and Ra Khalid Hussein – and an 18-year-old named Fati Saeed Salim Obeid.

The teenager died after being shot in the chest and abdomen, and two women were reportedly killed in drone strikes, the official Wafa news agency reported.

Wafa also reported that the victim from the Noor Shams refugee camp was identified as Mahmoud Mohamed Khalid Ammar, who was shot by Israeli soldiers and later found dead in the refugee camp Abu Bur On the ground near the Ker Siddique Mosque.

The news agency said several people were also injured in Noor Shams following an Israeli drone strike.

The Israeli military said in a statement that it had killed a Palestinian during an “anti-terrorism” operation in Tulkarm, while it had arrested 18 other people and confiscated dozens of weapons.

The Israeli military later confirmed that an Israeli aircraft carried out an attack on the Noor Shams refugee camp.

The Hamas militant group Qassam Brigades said in a statement that two of its members were killed in Tulkarm.

The Israeli military said early Wednesday that an improvised explosive device planted by Palestinian militants during the Israeli attack on Tulkarem detonated, hitting a vehicle in which Israeli Menashe Brigade commander Colonel Ayub Kayyouf was riding. car, causing him injuries and requiring medical evacuation.

Israeli military attacks and more shootings targeting Palestinians were reported in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday night and into Wednesday morning.

Wafa reported that two Palestinian men and a 15-year-old teenager were shot dead during an Israeli attack on the town of Beit Fruq, east of Nablus.

Four young Palestinian men were also shot dead in the town of Beit Umar, north of Hebron, after Israeli forces opened fire on the vehicle they were riding in at a checkpoint, Wafa reported. One of the four people was in critical condition, the news agency said.

Another Palestinian man was stopped and searched by Israeli forces in the Old City of Hebron. After his release, he was shot in the thigh by troops for no apparent reason, Wafa reported.

The news agency said Israeli military bulldozers also demolished infrastructure during Tuesday’s raid on Tulkarem, including houses, shops, parts of the walls of the Salam Mosque and part of the camp’s water network.

Since Hamas attacked southern Israel in October 2023 and the Israeli war in Gaza broke out, Israeli military attacks on Palestinian communities in the occupied West Bank have become more intense and violent.

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported last week that 968 Palestinians were killed by Israeli forces and Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank between January 2023 and November 2024.

According to OCHA, 210 Palestinian children were among the victims.