The drone strike in the occupied West Bank was a day after four Israelis were killed in a deadly shooting in what was apparent retaliation for a military raid on Monday when Israeli security forces killed seven Palestinians.
"IDF soldiers identified a terrorist cell inside a suspicious vehicle, after the cell carried out a shooting adjacent to the town of Jalamah," a statement from the Israeli military said. "Following the identification of the terrorist cell, an IDF UAV fired toward the cell and thwarted them."
(Reporting by Emily Rose; Editing by Grant McCool.)
The scene of destruction in the Palestinian town Turmus Aya, next to the Israeli settlement of Eli in the West Bank, 21 June 2023. (Photo: EPA-EFE / ATEF SAFADI)