Palestinian officials said Israeli forces killed 12 people in three separate raids in the northern West Bank on Tuesday, as violence in the occupied territory showed no sign of abating.
Five people were killed in the Jenin area and four in Aqaba town in Tubas district when Israeli forces carried out early-morning raids, the health ministry in Ramallah said.
The Israeli army said three people were killed and two arrested in another raid in the village of Kafr Qud, west of Jenin.
Aqaba residents said Israeli troops arrived at dawn and surrounded the house of Amid Ghanam, leading to clashes between troops and young Palestinians.
Ghanam and two others were killed in the clashes, while another teenager was killed near a hospital, Tubas governor Ahmed Assad told AFP.
鈥楾he army entered and surrounded the house as snipers took positions on nearby rooftops and shot anyone who moved,鈥� he said.
Aqaba mayor Abdel Razzaq Abu Arra said the teenager 鈥榳as killed in cold blood鈥�.
鈥楾his Zionist crime is a systematic crime that the Israelis carry out on a daily basis,鈥� he added.
At least 617 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli troops or settlers in the West Bank since October 7.
A Lebanese security source said six Hezbollah fighters were killed in Israeli strikes on Tuesday, with the group claiming attacks on northern Israel and low-flying Israeli warplanes breaking the sound barrier over Beirut.
Lebanon鈥檚 health ministry said an 鈥業sraeli enemy raid on a house in the town of Mayfadun鈥�, near the southern city of Nabatiyeh, killed five people, while another Israeli strike in the Adaysseh area killed one person.
The dead in both locations were 鈥楬ezbollah fighters鈥�, a security source told AFP, requesting anonymity because the matter is sensitive.
Hezbollah announced five fighters had been killed, without specifying where they died.
Hezbollah claimed several attacks on Israeli positions on Tuesday, including one with 鈥榚xplosive-laden drones鈥� targeting a barracks north of the coastal town of Acre.
