Palestinian officials said an Israeli raid in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday killed five people, including a woman and her daughter, while the Israeli military said it "eliminated" a Hamas commander.

During the pre-dawn operation in Tulkarem refugee camp, Israeli drones struck and killed the head of Hamas's military wing in Tulkarem, Ashraf Nafea, the military said in a statement.

"Ashraf was responsible for manufacturing and embedding explosives intended to attack IDF (Israeli) soldiers," it said.

Hamas confirmed the "cowardly assassination" of commander Ashraf Eid Nafea and his companions.

The head of the camp committee told AFP that Israeli troops killed........

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