The Palestinian health ministry has said an Israeli strike killed one person in Tulkarem in the occupied West Bank, after the Israeli military announced it had targeted the area, AFP reports.

The ministry said in a statement that “a martyr shot by (Israeli) forces” had arrived at Tulkarem Governmental Hospital from the Tulkarem camp.

Hours before, the Israeli army said in a statement that “an Air Force aircraft attacked a squad of armed terrorists in Tulkarem”. It said more details would follow.

The Palestinian Red Crescent said its staff transferred “a 22-year-old martyr” from inside the Tulkarem camp to hospital. It added separately that a 57-year-old woman was wounded by shrapnel in the camp.

A Palestinian security source told AFP the person was killed on late Wednesday and identified him as retired Palestinian intelligence officer Abdallah Saadi.