LAST UPDATE | 26 Aug 2024

FIVE PEOPLE HAVE reportedly been killed after an Israeli airstrike on the West Bank in Palestine. 

The Israeli Military confirmed on X, formerly Twitter, that it carried out shelling on the Nur Shams refugee camp this evening.

In a statement, the Israeli military said that “a short while ago, an aircraft struck an operational centre in the area of Nur Shams”.

Wafa, the Palestinian news agency, reports that five people have been killed and a number of people have been injured according to the local health ministry.

A correspondent for Wafa reported hearing four loud explosions and said the strike targeted a house in the Nur Shams refugee camp.

Nur Shams is home to around 6,500 displaced Palestinians. The site has been struck on a number of occasions since the 7 October attacks in Israel last year.

Fourteen people died in one two-day Israeli operation in Nur Shams in April, according to the Palestinian Red Crescent.

In July, Israeli forces bulldozed the main street in Nur Shams during a raid that lasted 15 hours. 

Additional reporting by Lauren Boland and AFP