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Palestinians examine the damage following an Israeli airstrike in the West Bank city of Tulkarem, October 4, 2024
Meanwhile, Nato foreign ministers debate increased weapons spending as police investigate the bloc’s purchases of military equipment
THE Israelis wiped out a family of four, including two young children, in an air strike on a cafe in the occupied West Bank today.
The strike slammed into a three-storey building in the Tulkarem refugee camp late on Thursday, setting it on fire, destroying a popular cafe and killing at least 18 Palestinians, according to the territory’s Health Ministry.
It was the deadliest strike in the West Bank since Israel’s invasion of Gaza nearly a year ago.
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