By Ali Sawafta TULKARM, West Bank (Reuters) -Israeli forces killed five Palestinians, including four fighters from the militant group Hamas, in an overnight raid near the city of Tulkarm in the occupied West Bank,

Palestinian residents of the Nur Shams refugee camp said at least three people were summarily executed or used as human shields, claims Israel’s military denies.

Five Palestinians were killed and a police officer injured in an anti-terrorist operation by Israeli security forces in the West Bank on Saturday. During a twelve-hour operation north of the town of Turkam,

The Israeli army said troops killed five Palestinian "terrorists" barricaded in a building during a 12-hour siege in the occupied West Bank on Saturday.

Israeli forces killed five Palestinians in an overnight raid in a village near the city of Tulkarm in the occupied West Bank, according to

According to Palestinian Health Ministry records, nearly 500 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces or Jewish settlers in the West Bank or East Jerusalem since October 7. Many have been armed fighters, but stone-throwing youths and uninvolved civilians have also been killed.