The killing of 3 Palestinians in Israeli shelling and gunfire in the northern West Bank.

Three Palestinians were killed on Tuesday in gunfire followed by Israeli shelling near the town of Kafr Qud in the Jenin governorate in the northern occupied West Bank.

The Palestinian Ministry of Health stated in a statement that "the Civil Affairs Authority reported the martyrdom of 3 citizens by the occupation's bullets in the village of Kafr Qud west of Jenin."

It mentioned that the deceased were Abdullah Muhammad Omar Jalamneh (27 years old), Qais Ibrahim Muhammad Al-Baitawi (21 years old), and Ahmad Azmi Aref Nasharti (29 years old), adding that the Israeli forces had detained their bodies.

Earlier, the Palestinian news agency reported that Israeli forces executed 3 young men at dawn on Tuesday and detained their bodies in the village of Kafr Qud west of Jenin.

The agency quoted local sources as saying that the occupation forces stormed the town with military reinforcements, surrounded a location in agricultural land, and opened fire on the three young men, leading to their deaths and the detention of their bodies.

The sources added that the Israeli army shelled a vehicle at the same site, causing it and several surrounding olive trees to catch fire.

According to eyewitnesses, the area witnessed gunfire followed by helicopter shelling targeting a cave and a car near the town of Kafr Qud, where explosions were heard, and Israeli forces were seen removing bodies from the site.

In a later statement, the Israeli army claimed that the air force killed two Palestinians and injured another before killing him, alleging that they "were planning to carry out an attack."

The statement clarified that the special "Yamam" unit carried out, under the direction of the Shin Bet security service, an "attack" in the village of Kafr Qud as part of a Manasheh brigade operation to arrest those described as "saboteurs who participated in a terrorist cell inside the Jenin camp."

An Anadolu correspondent reported that this shelling is the first in 9 months in the West Bank.

Since January 21, the Israeli army has been conducting a large-scale military operation in the camps in northern West Bank (Jenin, Tulkarm, and Nur Shams), resulting in the deaths and injuries of dozens of Palestinians and the displacement of residents, along with widespread destruction of homes and infrastructure.

In parallel with the Israeli massacre in Gaza since October 8, 2023, the West Bank is witnessing an increasing escalation from the army and settlers, resulting in the deaths of 1,062 Palestinians and injuries to about 10,000 others, in addition to the arrest of more than 20,000 people, including 1,600 children.

On October 10, a ceasefire agreement in Gaza ended a two-year war that resulted in the deaths of 68,527 Palestinians and injuries to 170,395 others, while Palestinian authorities documented new Israeli violations since the 11th of the same month, resulting in 93 deaths and 337 injuries.