By Awad Rajoob
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) - Seven Palestinians were killed and four were seriously injured on Wednesday evening in an Israeli airstrike on the town of Tammun in the northern occupied West Bank.
The Palestinian Red Crescent Society said in a statement that its teams in Tubas transferred seven “martyrs” and four people seriously injured to a hospital following the airstrike in Tammun, south of Tubas.
Official Palestinian TV reported that the attack was carried out by Israeli fighter jets targeting the town of Tammun.
The escalation in the West Bank comes amid a ceasefire and prisoner exchange deal in Gaza following 15 months of Israel’s genocidal war that killed over 47,400 people and injured over 111,000 others.
Reports say Israel Benjamin Netanyahu’s government partners demanded an escalation in the West Bank in return for not bringing down the government over the ceasefire deal.
At least 880 Palestinians have been killed and more than 6,700 injured by Israeli forces in the West Bank since the outbreak of the Gaza war on Oct. 7, 2023, according to the Health Ministry.
In July, the International Court of Justice declared Israel’s long-standing occupation of Palestinian territories illegal, calling for the evacuation of all settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.