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Photos: Deaths, destruction and Palestinian defiance after Israeli military attacks in West Bank

At least 12 Palestinians were killed by Israeli forces across the occupied West Bank on Monday and Tuesday, marking some of the deadliest violence in the occupied territory for months.

Three men and a 14-year-old child were killed by Israeli forces in the Tubas governorate on Monday. On Tuesday, five people were killed in Israeli air raids in Jenin, two were fatally shot in Kafr Qud in the northern West Bank, and a young man was killed in Bethlehem.

Mourners react during the funeral of three Palestinians, who were killed in an Israeli raid, in Aqaba near Tubas, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, August 6, 2024. REUTERS/Raneen Sawafta
Mourners during the funeral of three Palestinians who were killed in an Israeli raid in Aqqaba near Tubas, in the occupied West Bank, on Tuesday [Raneen Sawafta/Reuters]
Mourners weep for Palestinians killed by Israeli fire in the West Bank village of Aqaaba, Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
Mourners weep for Palestinians killed by Israeli forces in the West Bank village of Aqaaba [Majdi Mohammed/AP Photo]
Palestinians inspect the destruction following an Israeli raid in Jenin city in the occupied West Bank on August 6, 2024. - Palestinian officials said Israeli forces killed 12 people in three separate raids in the northern West Bank on August 6, as violence in the occupied territory showed no sign of abating. (Photo by Jaafar ASHTIYEH / AFP)
Palestinians inspect the destruction following an Israeli raid in Jenin city on Tuesday [Jaafar Ashtiyeh/AFP]
Palestinians inspect the destruction following an Israeli raid in Jenin city in the occupied West Bank on August 6, 2024. (Photo by Jaafar ASHTIYEH / AFP)
Palestinians inspect the destruction following an Israeli raid in Jenin city [Jaafar Ashtiyeh/AFP]
A gunman fires shots in the air during the funeral of five Palestinians killed in an Israeli strike in Jenin city in the occupied West Bank on August 6, 2024. (Photo by JAAFAR ASHTIYEH / AFP)
A Palestinian resistance fighter fires shots in the air during the funeral of five Palestinians killed in an Israeli strike in Jenin city on Tuesday [Jaafar Ashtiyeh/AFP]