Israeli drone strike kills 3 Palestinians, including 2 children, in occupied West Bank
RAMALLAH, Palestine
At least three Palestinians, including two children, were killed in an Israeli drone strike in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, local media said.
The attack targeted a site in Tammoun town, south of Tubas city in the northern West Bank, the Palestinian official news agency Wafa reported.
The victims included two children aged 9 and 10 and their bodies were seized by Israeli army forces while withdrawing from the town, Wafa said.
Israel’s Army Radio confirmed the drone strike, claiming that the three Palestinians killed in the attack were allegedly planting an explosive device.
The Palestinian Red Crescent Society, for its part, accused the Israeli army of preventing medics from reaching the site of the attack.
Israeli army forces raided Tammoun town early Wednesday and cordoned off a house there, ordering a Palestinian inside to surrender, according to witnesses.
Over the past few years, the Israeli military has conducted regular raids in the West Bank, which have escalated with the beginning of the war on Gaza on Oct. 7, 2023. Palestinians have also been violently attacked by illegal Israeli settlers.
At least 847 Palestinians have since been killed and over 6,700 others injured by Israeli army fire in the occupied territory, according to the Health Ministry.
In July 2024, the International Court of Justice declared Israel’s decades-long occupation of Palestinian land illegal and demanded the evacuation of all existing settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.
*Writing by Ahmed Asmar
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