An Israeli drone strike on a car in the occupied West Bank has killed a Hamas military commander, according to local media outlets.
Four other Palestinians also died in the strike, which took place along a road connecting the Palestinian villages of Zeita and Qaffin near the city of Tulkarem.
The Israeli army says the occupants of the vehicle were on their way to carry out an attack.
The official Palestinian news agency Wafa said the bodies of the five Palestinians were taken to a nearby hospital, and that four of the bodies were “burned and charred beyond recognition.”
The Palestinian health ministry has not commented on the deaths.
Over 590 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fire in the West Bank since the Israel-Hamas war erupted in Gaza last October according to the Palestinians Health Ministry, which tracks the deaths.
Most have been killed during Israeli raids and violent protests, but the dead also include bystanders and Palestinians killed in attacks by Jewish settlers.
The northern West Bank has seen some of the territory's worst violence over the past 10 months.
Tulkarem, and its two refugee camps, has become one of the territory's main flashpoints, and is regularly raided by Israeli forces.
Palestinian militant groups, including Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad, are active in the city.
Tensions have been escalating in the region after both the leader of Hamas and a Hezbollah commander were killed one day after the other.
Iran and its proxies, including Hezbollah, have vowed to retaliate and major airlines have cancelled flights to Tel Aviv, Israel, and Beirut, Lebanon.
It comes as the Pentagon announced that the US military will move a fighter jet squadron to the Middle East and maintain an aircraft carrier in the region.
President Joe Biden has said he's urged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to seize the chance for a cease-fire with Hamas, adding that Haniyeh's killing in Iran had “not helped” efforts to negotiate an end to the war.
