Journalists killed in Gaza strike

Five journalists were killed when their vehicle was hit by an Israeli strike in the vicinity of Al-Awda hospital in Nuseirat in central Gaza, the enclave's health authorities said.

Palestinian media and local reporters said the vehicle was marked as a media van and was used by journalists to report from inside the hospital and Nuseirat camp.

The journalists worked for the Al-Quds Al-Youm television channel.

There was no immediate Israeli comment on the reported strikes.

Separately, five people were killed and 20 wounded in an Israeli airstrike on a house in Gaza City's Zeitoun neighborhood, medics with the Gaza health authorities reported. They warned the death toll could rise as many remained trapped under the rubble.

Israeli forces killed at least eight Palestinians in raids on a refugee camp near the city of Tulkarm in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, Palestinian and Israeli officials said.

Khawla Abdo, a 53-year-old woman, was killed as a result of shelling by Israeli forces at dawn, while Fathi Saeed Odeh Salem, an 18-year-old man, died after being shot in the abdomen and chest, the Palestinian Health Ministry said. Another Palestinian woman died in the afternoon due to sustained injuries from the attack.

The health ministry updated its death toll to eight after a new round of shelling in Tulkarm by Israeli forces.

Hamas' armed wing al-Qassam Brigades said in a statement that two of its members were killed by Israeli forces in Tulkarm.

The Israeli military said earlier it killed one Palestinian in an operation in Tulkarm, while its forces arrested 18 other wanted individuals and confiscated dozens of weapons.

The Israeli army said one of its commanders was moderately injured after his vehicle was hit by an explosive device during the operation in the area of Tulkarm.

The military also said aircraft had struck armed militants in the Nur Shams refugee camp.