The Israeli Defence Forces, IDF say Israeli troops have killed five Palestinians in the West Bank after “exchanges of fire during counterterrorism operations in Tulkarm,”
Reports say this is after Israeli forces killed at least 10 Palestinians in the West Bank in overnight raids and airstrikes on Wednesday.
The IDF has defended the killings saying the operations were intended to contain attacks on Israelis using Iranian-supplied arms.
Meanwhile, recall that the chief spokesperson for the Palestinian Authority, Nabil Abu Rudeineh, has said the escalation of Israeli military operations on the West Bank, at the same time as the war in Gaza, will lead to dangerous results.