Israeli air strikes on occupied West Bank kill at least five Palestinians

At least five Palestinians were killed in Israeli strikes in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, according to the Palestinian Red Crescent Society. The Israeli military, which did not provide a death toll, said that its forces were "currently conducting counterterrorism activity in the area of Tubas and Tamun" and that one of its aircraft "struck an armed terrorist cell" during an operation in Tubas in the northern West Bank.