Local Hamas commander identified among Palestinian dead
August 4, 2024 at 4:00 a.m.
by
AREF TUFAHAand JACK JEFFERY The Associated Press
A Palestinian woman watches an operation by the Israeli military in Tulkarem refugee camp in the West Bank, Saturday, Aug. 3, 2024. The Israeli military said it struck five suspected terrorists in a vehicle on their way to carry out an attack. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
ZEITA, West Bank -- Two Israeli airstrikes in the West Bank killed nine Palestinian militants on Saturday, Israel's army said, as violence flared again in the Israeli-occupied territory with tensions high over the war in Gaza and a potential regional escalation.
In the northern West Bank, the Israeli army said its forces first struck a vehicle in a rural area outside the city of Tulkarem early Saturday, killing the five occupants. The army said they were on their way to carry out an attack. Hamas identified all five as militants with the group, including a local commander.
According to an Associated Press journalist and witnesses, the blast took place along a road connecting the Palestinian villages of Zeita and Qaffin.
The official Palestinian news agency Wafa said four bodies were "burned and charred beyond recognition."
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