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RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territories: Israel鈥檚 military confirmed on Thursday that it had killed 10 Palestinians in a strike on a village in the occupied West Bank the day before.
During a joint 鈥渃ounterterrorism鈥� operation by the military and domestic security agency, an air force 鈥渁ircraft struck a gathering of armed terrorists in the area of Tamun鈥� late on Wednesday, the military said in a statement.
鈥淎pproximately 10 terrorists were eliminated in the strike,鈥� it said, adding two of the militants killed were involved in an attack that claimed the life of an Israeli soldier and injured three others in Tamun on Jan. 20.
The army said the two had also been 鈥渋nvolved in additional shooting and explosives attacks.鈥�
On Wednesday night, the Palestinian Health Ministry in Ramallah said an Israeli drone strike had killed at least 10 people, while the military claimed at the time that it had struck an 鈥渁rmed cell.鈥�
Violence has soared throughout the West Bank since Hamas鈥檚 attacks on Oct. 7, 2023, which sparked a devastating Israeli offensive in Gaza.
Israeli troops or settlers have killed at least 874 Palestinians in the West Bank since the start of the Gaza war, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry.