The Israeli army killed four Palestinians in what it called an anti-terror raid near Qalqilya in the northern occupied West Bank.
Azzun residents said the four people who died were between the ages of 18 and 29 and their bodies were taken away by Israeli forces.
A witness told the BBC that the raid took place from before midnight until early morning.
Tensions have been high in the West Bank since Hamas attacks on October 7 sparked war in the Gaza Strip.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas recently warned that the territory could “explode. ”
The Israeli army said in a statement on X, formerly known as Twitter, that in Azzun, “terrorists shot and threw explosives at our forces.
Fighters identified the court house where the team was hiding the terrorist and at the end of the gunfight, they killed four terrorists.
Palestinian news agency Wafa said on Tuesday morning four men “were shot dead in clashes that broke out when Israeli occupation forces stormed the town.
” Citing Palestinian security sources, he said soldiers “fired live bullets, stun grenades and tear gas at local residents. ”
“There have been attacks every day since October 7 even though there are no activists in the area,” one Azzun resident told the BBC.
A total of seven people were killed and there were many arrests.