Three killed in Israeli attack on Tubas
The Wafa news agency is reporting that Palestinian Red Crescent crews have recovered the bodies of three people after Israeli forces bombed the area near the Al-Tawhid Mosque in the city of Tubas in the occupied West Bank.
Israel confirms deadly attack on Tubas
The Israeli military said its soldiers are operating in the city of Tubas and the town of Tammun in the occupied West Bank and launched an air attack on fighters there a short while ago.
Death toll from Israel’s attack on Tubas rises to five
Medics from the Palestinian Red Crescent have retrieved the bodies of five Palestinians from the site of an Israeli air attack in the occupied West Bank city, according to the Wafa news agency.
The medics were able to transfer their bodies to the hospital, but Israeli forces are preventing ambulances from reaching other wounded people in Tubas, the agency added.
Israeli military continues siege on Tubas
As we’ve been reporting, the Israeli military has placed the occupied West Bank city of Tubas under siege for several hours, including carrying out an air strike that has killed five Palestinians.
The Wafa news agency reports that the siege continues following the bombing, with all entrances to the city remaining closed and the Turkish Governmental Hospital still locked down.
Israeli forces are obstructing the work of Palestine Red Crescent crews and subjecting ambulances entering the medical facility to inspections, Wafa reports.
Palestinian armed groups have also struck an Israeli military vehicle with an explosive device in the city, according to the Quds News Network and the Palestinian Information Center. No casualties have been reported.
The bodies of five people killed in the Israeli air raid on Tubas have been identified, all of them below the age of 25, Wafa reports. Two of them were teenagers – Jamil Basharat, 18, and Mohammad Saeed Hussein Sawafta, 19, the agency said.
Hospital in occupied West Bank city besieged
The Turkish government hospital in Tubas city has been besieged by Israeli forces, our Al Jazeera Arabic colleagues on the ground report.
