Israeli air strike kills 18 people in occupied West Bank

At slightest 18 radical person been killed successful an Israeli aerial onslaught successful the occupied West Bank metropolis of Tulkarm, the Palestinian wellness ministry said precocious connected Thursday.

The Palestinian Authority-run quality bureau Wafa said the aerial onslaught had deed a cafe successful the Tulkarm exile campy wherever galore civilians had been present.

The Israeli subject said the aerial unit had conducted a onslaught successful Tulkarm successful a associated cognition with its Shin Bet information work and had killed the caput of Hamas successful Tulkarm and "other important terrorists".

There has been a spike successful unit successful the West Bank since Hamas’s deadly onslaught connected Israel connected 7 October and the ensuing warfare successful Gaza.

Since past much than 700 Palestinians person been killed arsenic Israeli forces person intensified their raids, saying they are trying to stem deadly Palestinian attacks connected Israelis successful the West Bank and Israel.

The Israeli subject has carried retired dozens of aerial strikes successful the occupied West Bank successful the past year, but usually utilizing drones oregon helicopters.

One nonmigratory from the country told AFP quality bureau the Israeli had "hit a cafeteria successful a three-story building."

"There are galore victims successful the hospital," the nonmigratory added, saying the decease toll would apt rise.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said the onslaught had killed Zahi Yaser Abd al-Razeq Oufi, who it said had attempted a car bombing past period and supplied weapons.

Wafa quoted a section authoritative arsenic saying children and aged radical from respective families had been killed successful the strike.

Tulkarm was 1 of the towns and Palestinian exile camps targeted during a major Israeli subject cognition successful August.

Last period UN rights main Volker Turk said large Israeli operations successful the occupied West Bank were taking spot "at a standard not witnessed successful the past 2 decades".

Over the past twelvemonth much than 700 Palestinians person been killed by Israeli forces successful West Bank, the Palestinian wellness ministry says.

Meanwhile astatine slightest 24 Israelis including members of the information forces person been killed by Palestinian attackers successful the aforesaid period, according to Israeli officials.