"Two men, aged 18 and 20, were killed and seven people were wounded, one of them seriously, in Balata" refugee camp in Nablus, the Palestinian health ministry said in a statement.
The official Palestinian news agency, Wafa, said a woman and a child were among the wounded, describing the incident as a "drone strike".
The Israeli military said two armed militants were killed in a strike.
"An Israeli air force aircraft attacked and eliminated two armed militants who posed a threat to the forces operating in the area" of Nablus, the military said in a statement.
It said the strike came as the army and police were securing access for worshippers to Joseph's tomb in Nablus during the night.
Jews believe the tomb is the burial site of the biblical patriarch Josep, while Muslims consider it the burial place of a Muslim religious figure.
Israel forces kill five Palestinians in West Bank strikes, raid
Tammun, Palestinian Territories (AFP) Aug 14, 2024 -
Israeli troops killed five Palestinians in air strikes and a raid in the north of the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, sources on both sides said.
The Israeli army said it "carried out air strikes on several armed terrorists" in the town of Tammun, five kilometres (three miles) from Tubas.
Tubas governor Ahmad Saad told AFP that four Palestinians were killed in Tammun and one in Tubas.
"The (Israeli) forces are withholding the bodies of the five martyrs, and when we inquired with the liaison office, we were officially informed about the five martyrs," Saad said.
Palestinian official news agency Wafa reported that "the army entered Tubas at dawn and shot and killed a young man hiding in his home".
The Israeli army confirmed it had launched a "counterterrorism operation" in the city, during which it "eliminated one terrorist" and "hit others during an exchange of fire".
It said its troops had "arrested wanted suspects and located and confiscated weapons".
Earlier, the Israeli police said they had shot dead a Palestinian teenager who was "climbing the wall" separating Jerusalem from the West Bank to "throw Molotov cocktails".
The 16-year-old was taken to hospital for treatment but was pronounced dead, the police said in a statement shortly after midnight Tuesday.
Violence in the West Bank, a Palestinian territory occupied by Israel since 1967 and separate geographically from the Gaza Strip by Israeli territory, has surged since the start of the Gaza war on October 7.
At least 627 Palestinians have been killed in the West Bank by the Israeli army or settlers, according to an AFP count based on official Palestinian data.
During the same period, at least 18 Israelis, including soldiers, have been killed in the West Bank in Palestinian attacks, according to official Israeli data.
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