STORY: 4 Palestinians killed by Israeli army in northern West Bank
SHOOTING TIME: Aug. 3, 2024
DATELINE: Aug. 4, 2024
LENGTH: 00:01:02
LOCATION: TULKARM, Palestine
CATEGORY: MILITARY

SHOTLIST:
1. various of Israeli strikes near the northern West Bank city of Tulkarm
2. various of Palestinians checking the destroyed car in the town of Zeita
3. various of Israeli military vehicles in Tulkarm

STORYLINE:

Four Palestinians were killed on Saturday by an Israeli drone that targeted a vehicle near the northern West Bank city of Tulkarm, the Palestinian official news agency WAFA reported.

The vehicle, traveling between the town of Bal'a and the Aktaba suburb east of Tulkarm, was completely engulfed in flames following the attack, WAFA said, adding that Israeli forces then surrounded the vehicle and prevented ambulance crews from reaching it.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said in a statement on Saturday that in a joint IDF, Israeli Security Agency (ISA), and Israel Police "counterterrorism" operation, a "terrorist cell" was eliminated during an encounter with "terrorists" in Tulkarm.

"During the encounter, four terrorists were identified shooting at the security forces," the IDF said, noting that with the intelligence direction of the ISA, IDF soldiers directed an Israeli Air Force aircraft to strike and eliminate the "terrorists."

This incident came just after five Palestinians, including a Hamas commander, were killed in an Israeli raid on the town of Zeita, north of Tulkarm, on Saturday morning.

Amid the ongoing Palestinian-Israeli conflict in the Gaza Strip, the West Bank has also been witnessing rising tensions between the Israeli army and Palestinians. Since Oct. 7, 2023, more than 590 Palestinians have been killed by the Israeli army, according to the Ramallah-based Palestinian Health Ministry.

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Tulkarm, Palestine.
(XHTV)