Video: Israeli air strike destroys car with Palestinians in West Bank

Israeli forces killed three Palestinians and injured another in an air strike on the occupied West Bank city of Jenin on Wednesday, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry, in what the Israeli military said was an operation against militants. Palestinians.

The Israeli military said an aircraft struck four Palestinian fighters in a car in the Jenin area, among them two senior members of Islamic Jihad who led attacks against Israelis.

CCTV footage shared with Reuters appears to show a car on a busy road suddenly engulfed in flames and then swerving. Another car that was seen approaching from the opposite direction stops and backs up.

Reuters was able to independently verify the location and date the video was filmed by communicating with the CCTV owner at the scene.

Since the start of the war in Gaza in October, Israel has intensified military attacks in the West Bank, where violence has been increasing for more than a year. UN records show that at least 358 Palestinians have been killed there by Israeli forces or settlers since then, a quarter of whom were children.

The Gaza Strip, the West Bank and East Jerusalem are among the territories occupied by Israel in the 1967 Middle East war and where some Palestinians have taken up arms to resist Israel's military rule.

See the moment of the attack:

(Produced by Lara Afghani)

Source: CNN Brasil

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