The Palestinian health ministry and the Israeli military on Wednesday confirmed an Israeli air raids in two locations that killed eight Palestinians in the occupied West Bank.
According to a statement provided by the military, it disclosed that its forces were engaged in a “counter-terrorism operation” in the northern West Bank’s Tubas area and later carried out a separate strike on Tulkarem, both targeted in major Israeli raids last month.
An eyewitness in Tubas, told newsmen that Israeli forces were “storming the city” and the nearby town of Tamun early on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, the military reported that an Israeli aircraft “struck and eliminated a terrorist cell consisting of five terrorists armed with explosives who posed a threat to the forces.
It added that during the raid, several suspects were apprehended and a vehicle rigged with explosives was dismantled.