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full screen Children on a street in an established refugee camp in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday. The street has been destroyed in an Israeli military operation. Photo: Majdi Mohammed/AP/TT
Three people, including two children, have been killed in an Israeli airstrike on a village in the occupied West Bank, according to Palestinian reports.
A 23-year-old man and two children aged eight and ten were killed in an attack that targeted the village of Tammun, said the Palestinian governor of the area, Ahmad Assad. The victims are named and said to have been part of the same family.
According to the governor, the man and children were in front of their home when they were killed. The AFP news agency’s envoy has been there and reports that the building has been damaged by shrapnel.
Assad and residents of Tammun say the Israeli military took care of the remains.
From the Israeli side, an airstrike against a “terrorist cell” in the Tammun area is announced, without so far there has been any mention of casualties.
The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which is under the authority of the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank, accuses Israel of attacking civilians under the pretext that they are armed opponents.
Israel conducts regular raids and attacks against the West Bank alongside the war in Gaza. On Monday, three Israelis were killed when gunmen fired on vehicles on a road near Israeli settlements in the northern part of the area.
Since the Gaza war broke out, at least 825 Palestinians have been killed in a parallel spiral of violence in the West Bank, according to Palestinian health officials there. During the same time, at least 28 Israelis have been killed, according to Israeli information.