Israeli soldiers killed three more Palestinians in incidents today in different parts of the occupied West Bank, bringing the death toll to 10 in the past 24 hours, according to the Palestinian WAFA news agency.

A 19-year-old man was killed in the morning by Israeli forces in the town of Al Bireh near Ramallah, while another man was killed in the Jericho area, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health. WAFA points out that there had been previous clashes between Palestinian protesters and Israeli soldiers.

According to the Israeli security forces, an operation was conducted in Jericho targeting a person suspected of planning a terrorist attack. During this operation, there was an exchange of fire with armed Palestinians, it is clarified in the relevant information.

South of Bethlehem, a 63-year-old Palestinian man was killed by Israeli soldiers near the Jewish settlement of Elazar, WAFA reported.

Israeli forces confirmed that soldiers shot and fatally wounded a Palestinian who “raised suspicion”. The Times of Israel reports that the 63-year-old man had his hands up when he was shot, with no confrontation with Israeli soldiers. The Israeli military says it is conducting an investigation into the case.

Four Palestinians were killed overnight in the Noor Shams refugee camp in Tulkarem. The Palestinian Red Crescent stated that two of them were fatally wounded by bullets, while the other two were killed in an Israeli airstrike.

Three members of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad were killed when an Israeli unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) hit the car they were traveling in in Jenin yesterday.

Since the start of the war triggered by an unprecedented attack by Hamas on October 7, Israel has been pounding the Gaza Strip but has also stepped up military operations in the West Bank.