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| Palestinians gathered to mourn the deaths of the family in Tammoun (Image: Reuters) |
In the occupied West Bank, Israeli forces shot and killed a Palestinian couple and two of their young children. Israeli forces opened fire on the Bani Odeh family as they were driving in the town of Tammum in the northern West Bank. Two of their other children were injured but survived.
Israeli authorities said a joint operation by the army and Israel's paramilitary border police was taking place in the town at time.
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They claim that the car accelerated toward Israeli forces, putting them in danger, and they shot back. According to a statement released by the Israeli military and police, "as a result, four Palestinians in the vehicle were killed," and the circumstances of the incident were being investigated. According to the Palestinian health ministry, the parents of the family, Ali and Waad, as well as two of their children, Mohammed, who was five years old, and Othman, who was seven years old, were killed. According to the ministry, they all arrived at the hospital with head and face wounds from gunshots. Two older children aged eight and 11, who were also travelling in the car and witnessed the deaths of their family, survived with minor injuries from shrapnel.
In a statement, the Palestinian Red Crescent said that Israeli forces initially ordered their crews to leave the area and prevented them from reaching the injured inside the car.
Since the beginning of the war on February 28 between the United States, Israel, and Iran, according to the United Nations, a significant portion of the occupied West Bank has remained subject to increased restrictions on movement. The United Nations and Palestinian authorities report that violent attacks have also continued. In general, since the Hamas attacks on October 7, 2023, which sparked the war in Gaza, there has been a sharp increase in violence. Between 7 October 2023 and 8 March 2026, the UN's humanitarian affairs office, OCHA, said 1,064 Palestinians were killed in the occupied West Bank, including at least 231 children.
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