An Israeli airstrike on a vehicle in the occupied West Bank killed a Hamas commander, Reuters reports according to the group’s own media sources, while Palestinian news agency Wafa said four other men were also killed.

The identities of the others were not clear, according to the Wafa report, which cited health officials.

The Israeli military said it had carried out an airstrike against a militant cell around the West Bank city of Tulkarm.

Hamas media said a vehicle carrying fighters had been struck and that one of the commanders of its Tulkarm brigades was killed.

 Palestinians inspect a vehicle damaged in an Israeli airstrike, in Zeita, near Tulkarm, in the Israel-occupied West Bank on Aug 3, 2024. — Reuters
Palestinians inspect a vehicle damaged in an Israeli airstrike, in Zeita, near Tulkarm, in the Israel-occupied West Bank on Aug 3, 2024. — Reuters

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