TULKAREM, Monday, August 26, 2024 (WAFA) - Five civilians, including two minors, were killed and others were injured tonight in an Israeli shelling targeting the Nur Shams refugee camp, east of Tulkarem, according to the Ministry of Health.

The Ministry of Health confirmed that the bodies of five Palestinians killed in the occupation's bombing of the Nur Shams camp were brought to the Tulkarm Governmental Hospital.

WAFA correspondent reported that four loud explosions were heard in the city of Tulkarem, its suburbs and its camps, following an Israeli drone shelling that targeted a house in the al-Manshiya neighborhood in the Nur Shams camp, resulting in the killing of five people, including two teenagers.

They were identified as Mohannad Qarawi, 19, Jibril Ghassan Jibril from Qalqiliya, 20, Adnan Jaber, 15, Mohammed Ali Yusif, 49, and Mohammed Ahmad ‘Elayyan, 16.

The killing of the five citizens brings the number of Palestinians killed in the West Bank, including occupied Jerusalem, since October 7, 2023, to 650, including 147 children.

The national factions in Tulkarem said a general strike will be observed in the governorate tomorrow, Tuesday, to mourn their killing.

T.R.