West Bank death toll climbs as ‘collaborators’ executed in Tulkarm

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Up to nine Palestinians were killed in separate incidents across the occupied West Bank overnight on Saturday and early on Sunday, Palestinian media reported.

Four people, including a teenager, were killed in Jenin refugee camp during an Israeli army raid, the official Wafa news agency reported in the early hours of Sunday morning.

It came hours after one person was killed and several injured in a drone strike in the same camp, the latest of several attacks in the West Bank since the war in Gaza began.

On Sunday morning, Israeli forces killed two Palestinians – one in Jenin and another in the village of Yatma, south of Nablus, Wafa said.

Israel says it is targeting militants from various Palestinian groups, including Hamas, who have committed or plotted attacks against Israeli civilians and soldiers.

However, children and the elderly have also been killed in the raids.

Thousands of others have been arrested across the West Bank since October 7, including dozens of workers from Gaza.

On Sunday, the military announced the arrest of a Palestinian it said was responsible for the killing of two Israelis near the flashpoint West Bank town of Huwara in August.

Shay Nigarkar, 60, and his son Aviad Nir, 28, from the Israeli town of Ashdod were shot dead at a car wash near the town, which is surrounded by illegal Israeli settlements.

Their deaths sparked fear of more attacks by settlers on the town, which is often vulnerable to extremist violence.

Meanwhile, in Tulkarm in the occupied West Bank, a Palestinian militant group on Saturday night executed two men it accused of collaboration with Israel, as the death toll in the occupied territory continues to climb.