"A short while ago, an aircraft struck an operational centre in the area of Nur Shams," an Israeli military spokesperson said, without providing a casualty count or specifying who was targeted.

"Five citizens were killed and others were injured," the official Palestinian news agency Wafa said.

Violence in the West Bank has surged alongside the war in Gaza, with more than 640 Palestinians killed by Israeli troops and settlers since October 7, according to the Palestinian health ministry figures.

Also 19 Israelis have died in the attacks during the same period, according to Israeli officials.

A correspondent for Wafa reported hearing four loud explosions and said Monday's strike targeted a house in the Nur Shams refugee camp.

The camp near Tulkarem has been the target of multiple Israeli army operations.

Fourteen people died in one two-day Israeli operation in Nur Shams in April, according to the Palestinian Red Crescent.

And in July Israeli forces bulldozed the main street in Nur Shams during a raid that lasted 15 hours.

According to the Palestinian Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs and the Palestinian Prisoners' Society (PPS), Israel has detained over 10,000 Palestinians from the West Bank, including Jerusalem, since the Gaza war began on Oct.7. 

* This story was edited by Ahram Online.