JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israeli forces killed at least eight Palestinians in raids on Tuesday on a refugee camp near the city of Tulkarm in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, Palestinian and Israeli officials said.

Three people were killed in an Israeli military operation in Tulkarem in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday. The Health Ministry in Ramallah confirmed the deaths of two women, aged 30 and 53, and an 18-year-old man in an Israeli attack.

The Ramallah-based ministry said seven were killed in the Tulkarem refugee camp and one in the nearby Nur Shams camp after the military launched a sweeping raid early on Tuesday.

Israeli brigade commander hurt by improvised explosive device targeting military vehicle during Tulkarem camp raid.

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A Palestinian teen was killed by Israeli army fire during a military raid in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, local media said. Witnesses said an Israeli force along with bulldozers raided the Tulkarem refugee camp in the northern West Bank, triggering clashes with angry Palestinian residents.

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At least eight people were killed by Israeli military operations in the northern West Bank around the city of Tulkarem on Tuesday, the Palestinian Health Ministry said, including three people it said were killed by Israeli airstrikes.