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Israeli airstrike kills 5 in West Bank
Five people were killed on Monday evening in an Israeli airstrike in the northern West Bank.
The Palestinian Ministry of Health confirmed the incident on Tuesday.
The ministry said a drone fired several shells at a group of people during the incident.
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The Israeli Army announced that a control room belonging to Palestinian militants in the refugee camp of Nur Shams had been bombed.
The situation in the West Bank has worsened significantly since the start of the Gaza war following the Hamas attack on Israel on October 7, 2023.
Since then, 624 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli military operations, confrontations, or their attacks in the West Bank, according to the Ministry of Health.
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