At least eight Palestinians, including two women, have been killed in an ongoing Israeli raid on the occupied West Bank, according to the Health Department in Ramallah on Tuesday evening.
Seven were killed in the Tulkarem refugee camp and another person in the nearby Nur Shams refugee camp.
The two women – 53 and 30 years old – were killed in Tulkarem. Among the victims is also an 18-year-old man who was shot in the chest and abdomen.
The Israeli military, which regularly conducts raids on the West Bank, states in a press release that they have "eliminated a terrorist" in connection with an operation that began in Tulkarem on Tuesday night.
It is not clear which of the victims was the target of the operation.
The violence on the West Bank, which has been occupied by Israel since 1967, has intensified since the Gaza war broke out on October 7 last year.
Since then, the Israeli military and settlers have killed at least 811 Palestinians, according to the Palestinian Health Department.
During the same period, at least 25 Israelis have been killed in Palestinian attacks.
