Israeli air strike kills 18 people in occupied West Bank

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At least 18 people have been ******* in an ******** air strike in the occupied West Bank city of Tulkarm, the ************ health ministry said late on Thursday.

The ************ Authority-run news agency Wafa said the air strike had hit a cafe in the Tulkarm ******** camp where many civilians had been present.

The ******** military said the air force had conducted a strike in Tulkarm in a ****** operation with its Shin Bet security service and had ******* the head of ****** in Tulkarm and “other significant terrorists”.

There has been a spike in ********* in the West Bank since ******’s deadly ******* on ******* on 7 October and the ensuing war in Gaza.

Since then more than 700 Palestinians have been ******* as ******** forces have intensified their raids, saying they are trying to stem deadly ************ attacks on Israelis in the West Bank and *******.

The ******** military has carried out dozens of air strikes in the occupied West Bank in the past year, but normally using drones or helicopters.

One resident from the area told AFP news agency the ******** had “hit a cafeteria in a three-story building.”

“There are many victims in the hospital,” the resident added, saying the ****** toll would likely rise.

The ******* Defense Forces (IDF) said the strike had ******* Zahi Yaser Abd al-Razeq Oufi, who it said had attempted a car ******** last month and supplied weapons.

Wafa quoted a local official as saying children and elderly people from several families had been ******* in the strike.

Tulkarm was one of the towns and ************ ******** camps targeted during a

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Last month UN rights chief Volker Turk said major ******** operations in the occupied West Bank were taking place “at a scale not witnessed in the last two decades”.

Over the past year more than 700 Palestinians have been ******* by ******** forces in West Bank, the ************ health ministry says.

Meanwhile at least 24 Israelis including members of the security forces have been ******* by ************ attackers in the same *******, according to ******** officials.

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