IDF launches counterterror op in Tulkarem after morning airstrike

Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent

An Israeli soldier takes position in a street in the West Bank city of Tulkarem on August 3, 2024. (Jaafar Ashtiyeh/AFP)
An Israeli soldier takes position in a street in the West Bank city of Tulkarem on August 3, 2024. (Jaafar Ashtiyeh/AFP)

Shortly after an IDF drone strike in Tulkarem this morning, Israeli troops entered the West Bank city to carry out a counterterrorism operation, a military source says.

There are ongoing exchanges of fire between IDF troops and gunmen in the area.

Five Palestinians, including a local Hamas commander, were killed in the drone strike.

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