Four Palestinians were killed in a targeted Israeli attack, on the road between the town of Balaa and the Aktaba Suburb, in easternmost Tulkarm, raising the number of martyrs in the West Bank killed on Saturday to nine. 

The al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine, announced the martyrdom of four of its fighters in a statement issued earlier today, who are:

Yazan Saeed Abu Daghash, Thaer Ahmad Hamidi, Mu’min Kamal Qaraawi, and Mu’min Masharqa, of the Tulkarm Battalion of the al-Quds Brigades. 

🚨🇵🇸Moment young men rose between Balaa & the Aktaba suburb of Tulkarm, West Bank, were targeted‼️🥀💔 pic.twitter.com/KsxgHx2Yxi

— Ellen Jean Abare (@EllenJeanAbare) August 3, 2024

Five Palestinians martyred in an Israeli drone strike in Tulkarm

Earlier today, five Palestinians were killed in an Israeli strike on Zeita, including an al-Qassam Brigades commander, Haitham Balidi, Al Mayadeen's correspondent in the West Bank reported.

An Israeli drone struck their vehicle in northern Tulkarm, in the occupied West Bank.

Director of the Thabet Thabet Government Hospital in Tulkarm, Amin Khader, said the bodies of five people arrived at the hospital, and they were burned and charred beyond recognition, except for one who was identified as Haitham Noureddine Balidi, 25, from the Tulkarm refugee camp.

A general strike was announced in Tulkarm to mourn the five martyrs who were killed in an Israeli attack on their car this morning.

⚡️ The Israeli army just air bombed a vehicle on the road between Attil and Zeita, north of Tulkarm in the WEST BANK. A number of casualties reported. pic.twitter.com/MQCQxCyRww

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