Israel Conducts Airstrikes on West Bank, Killing 3 Hamas Military Wing Members

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******* Conducts Airstrikes on West Bank, ******** 3 ****** Military Wing Members

******* hit a town in the occupied West Bank with two airstrikes on Saturday in the latest use of a once-rare tactic in the densely populated area. ****** said that three members of its military wing and six other fighters were ******* in the strikes around the town of Tulkarm.

In one of the attacks, a drone strike ******* five people in a vehicle, according to ************ media, including a local leader of the Qassam Brigades, the ****** military wing. The ****** statement said three of the ***** belonged to Qassam, but did not claim the other six fighters as members.

The ******** military said only that it had targeted “terrorists” in the strikes on Saturday as part of an ongoing operation in Tulkarm, without identifying specific targets. It said that those in the vehicle were on their way to carry out an *******.

The military also closed roads into Tulkarm, leaving residents with no route out. ************ media published videos showing ******** bulldozers tearing up stretches of road.

The ******** military has stepped up near-daily raids on ************ cities and towns in the West Bank since the Oct. 7 ******-led ******* on *******. ******** forces have also increasingly carried out deadly airstrikes in the territory, a rise in aerial attacks not seen since the second ************ uprising against ******** occupation in the early 2000s.

Before Oct. 7, airstrikes and drone attacks on the West Bank were rare and far more limited than in Gaza. But since the war in Gaza began, ******* has stepped up its aerial attacks on ************ areas.

The two ************ territories have long been under separate governments. ****** ruled Gaza for 17 years before war broke out there in October, while the ************ Authority, dominated by a rival faction to ******, ******, administers parts of the West Bank.

The ******** military has carried out at least 39 airstrikes on Tulkarm over the past 10 months, according to the ******* Nations. The figure does not include Saturday’s strikes. In one of the most recent attacks on July 22, an ******** drone strike ******* five Palestinians, including two women, in Tulkarm, according to the ******* Nations.

At least 589 Palestinians have been ******* in the West Bank by ******** forces or ******* settlers since Oct. 7. Some were members of ************ armed groups fighting the ******** occupation, but others were civilians, according to ************ media and health officials. Among them were 142 children and youths under the age of 18, the ************ Health Ministry reported last month.

Rawan Sheikh Ahmad contributed reporting.

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