A drone belonging to the Israeli occupation army fired two missiles at a vehicle near the West Bank city of Tulkarm on Wednesday, killing three Palestinian persons. The attack took place in Aktaba neighborhood, to the east of Tulkarm, the Palestinian Ministry of Health reported, noting that the three martyrs were rushed to Al-Israa Hospital.
Earlier today, five Palestinian citizens were martyred in a similar airstrike on Tubas city, the West Bank. In a related development, a Palestinian fuel truck driver was shot and wounded under the claim of running over an Israeli soldier in Al-Birah city, in the central West Bank, nearly 15 kilometers to the north of Jerusalem.
The truck driver, identified as Hael Dhaifullah, 58, from Rafat town, was arrested and his health condition is still unclear, according to witnesses.
Israeli occupation media confirmed that an Israeli soldier was seriously injured in the vehicle attack while witnesses claimed that it was an accident.
Following the incident, the Israeli occupat
ion army stormed Rafat and cordoned off Dhaifullah’s home.
Source: Kuwait News Agency