By Aysar Alais
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – Fourteen Palestinians were killed Thursday evening and several others were injured in an Israeli airstrike on the Tulkarem refugee camp in the northern occupied West Bank.
In a statement, the Palestinian Ministry of Health confirmed that “14 Palestinians were killed in a strike on the Tulkarem refugee camp.”
The official Palestinian news agency WAFA also reported the airstrike, saying, “Israeli warplanes struck a popular cafe in the Hammam neighborhood of Tulkarem camp with at least one missile while several civilians were present.”
Rescue services, including civil defense and ambulances, rushed to the scene and transported the bodies of those killed and injured to the Martyr Thabet Thabet Governmental Hospital in Tulkarem, according to the news agency.
The Palestinian Red Crescent Society reported that its teams transported the bodies of five people and one injured person to the hospital, WAFA added.
*Writing by Mohammad Sio