Israeli army kills five Palestinians in northern West Bank

Ahram Online , Thursday 15 May 2025

Five Palestinians were shot and killed by Israeli forces on Thursday after being besieged inside a house in the town of Tammun, in the northern occupied West Bank.

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Photo courtesy of WAFA news agency.

 

According to the Palestinian news agency "Ma'an," "five resistance fighters were martyred by occupation forces who besieged them inside a house in the town of Tammun in the northern West Bank."

The agency added that the occupation forces targeted the besieged house with "Energa shells."

Local sources also reported that "the occupation forces blew up a café near Al-Quds Open University in Tubas after storming and besieging the area in the early morning hours."

According to the same sources, "special forces infiltrated Tubas and surrounded a house, followed by the arrival of military reinforcements.

Since the start of the Gaza war in October 2023, the Israeli forces or settlers have killed at least 929 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank.

Israel has intensified its military assaults in the West Bank since late January, killing more than 70 Palestinians and displacing at least 40000 others, according to the UN.

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