Israeli armored vehicles drive on a road during a raid in Tubas city in the occupied West Bank on August 14, 2024. AFP
The Israeli occupation army said it carried out air strikes in the town of Tammun, five kilometres (three miles) from Tubas.
Tubas governor Ahmad Saad told AFP that four Palestinians were killed in Tammun and one in Tubas.
"The (Israeli) forces are withholding the bodies of the five martyrs, and when we inquired with the liaison office, we were officially informed about the five martyrs," Saad said.
Palestinian official news agency Wafa reported that "the army entered Tubas at dawn and shot and killed a young man hiding in his home".
Earlier, the Israeli police said they had shot dead a Palestinian teenager who was "climbing the wall" separating Jerusalem from the West Bank.
The 16-year-old was taken to hospital for treatment but was pronounced dead, the police said in a statement shortly after midnight Tuesday.
Israeli settlers and soldiers have killed more than 520 Palestinians in the West Bank in 2023, making it the deadliest year for the occupied territory in more than two decades, but violence has surged even more since the Israeli war broke in Gaza on October 7.
At least 625 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli troops or settlers, according to an AFP tally based on Palestinian official figures.
During the same period at least 18 Israelis, including soldiers, have been killed in the territory, according to Israeli official figures.
* This story was edited by Ahram Online.
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