Five Palestinians killed in West Bank clashes with Israeli army: hospital

Five Palestinians were killed in clashes with Israeli forces around the city of Tulkarem in the northern West Bank, the director of a local hospital told AFP on Tuesday.

The five Palestinian men, aged 21 to 29, were killed during an operation in the city by the Israeli army, said Amin Khader, head of the Thabet hospital, where the deaths were recorded. The Israeli army confirmed to AFP that an operation had taken place in the same part of the occupied West Bank. (BSS/AFP)