Israeli forces kill a teenager and five others in an airstrike on a car in Tubas governorate.
At least five Palestinians were killed in an Israeli airstrike on a car in the occupied West Bank town of Tubas and Israeli forces shot dead a teenager in the Far’a refugee camp, according to the Wafa news agency.
Israel said Thursday that warplanes took part in “three separate attacks” against Palestinian fighters who “posed a threat” to its forces in Tubas.
Wafa reported that Israeli soldiers shot several bullets at Majed Fida Abu Zeina, 16, in Far’a, “mistreated him and prevented paramedics from reaching him.”
“They then dragged him out of the camp using a military bulldozer,” the report said.
Earlier Thursday, Palestinian medics reported that five people were killed in an airstrike on a car and two people were injured, one seriously, according to Wafa.
Reuters news agency later reported that the number of people killed in the drone attack had risen to at least six, showing a graphic photo of six bodies being loaded on top of each other into a truck.
According to Wafa, Palestinian Red Crescent ambulances transported the wounded to the Turkish government hospital in Tubas, along with the bodies of the five deceased men.
The agency also reported that Israeli forces raided the al-Ein refugee camp, west of the city of Nablus.
Israel launched a massive military offensive in the West Bank last week that has killed at least 39 Palestinians and wounded 130, with the vast majority of the casualties in Jenin.
On Thursday, Tel Aviv Tribune’s Nida Ibrahim reported that the Israeli siege on Jenin continues with troops patrolling the area near the Jenin refugee camp as well as the city of Jenin.
“Palestinians tell us that destruction continues not only on the roads, but also in homes inside the camp,” Ibrahim said.
“Many people are running out of medicine and food. They are trying to see where the Israeli vehicles are to try to avoid them and go get food and medicine.”
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said in a statement on Wednesday that Israeli forces were using “lethal warfare tactics” in the West Bank and that Palestinian children were among those killed.
The military raids, mainly focused on the Tulkarem and Jenin refugee camps, constitute the largest Israeli attack on the occupied territory since the second intifada in the early 2000s.
The raids resulted in significant violence and numerous arrests, while roads and other infrastructure were destroyed by Israeli military bulldozers, OCHA said, adding that it had mobilized UN and other agencies to assess the damage and humanitarian needs on the ground.
Since October, at least 685 Palestinians, including 157 children, have been killed by Israeli soldiers and settlers in the occupied territory, according to Palestinian health officials.