Health officials say that as a result of Israeli airstrikes, at least nine Palestinians were killed in two different areas in the West Bank.

The Israeli army called at least five people killed in these attacks as suspected militants who were planning to carry out an attack.

In the past 100 days, while the war between Hamas and Israel has been going on, the West Bank has also witnessed increasing violence.

The deadliest war in the Gaza Strip will begin on the 7th of October 2023 after the Hamas group attacked Israel and the fighters of this group killed nearly 1,140 people, most of whom were civilians, and took 240 hostages. The hostages will be held captive by Hamas.

The Israeli army has released a statement saying that in an airstrike on a vehicle in the Balta area near the city of Nablus in the northwest of the West Bank, at least five members of a local militia group who were planning to carry out a large-scale attack on Israelis were killed. became

In the declaration, the name of the leader of this group, Abdullah Abu Shallal, is mentioned. Mahmoud Abbas, head of the Palestinian Authority, said that the car was carrying five members of the group, including Abu Shallal.

Health officials say that a few hours later, four Palestinians were killed in an airstrike in the city of Tulkarm in the central West Bank. A spokesman for the Israeli army confirmed that a mission was underway in Tulkarm, but did not provide details.

Violence and bloodshed in the West Bank existed even before the start of the Hamas-Israeli war. The Palestinian Ministry of Health said on Wednesday that since the beginning of the war between Hamas and Israel, Israeli forces have killed at least 360 people in the West Bank.