The Israeli army said its forces had killed a senior commander of the Palestinian movement " "Hamas" on the West Bank, reported DPA, quoted by BTA.
In a joint statement with the counterintelligence service "Shin Bet" and the Israeli police and military said they attacked Jamil Odeh in the town of Tulkarem, in the northwestern part of the West Bank.
The Palestinian Ministry of Health in Ramallah also confirmed the death of the 29-year-old man.
Both according to "Hamas", and according to the Israeli authorities, Odeh was a field commander of the Brigades "Izzedin al-Qassam", the Islamist organization's military wing, in Tulkarem.
The Israeli military said he was preparing attacks that were to be carried out in the near future.
According to the IDF, Odeh opened fire on an Israeli military unit after its soldiers surrounded it yesterday morning; the city is located right on the border with Israel. Israeli forces then reportedly returned fire and killed Odeh.
Tensions in the West Bank have been rising since "Hamas" launched its attack on southern Israel from Gaza on October 7 last year.
Palestinian health authorities reported that since then 727 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli military operations, armed clashes or attacks by extremists (radical Jewish settlers - note ed.).
The IDF indicated that in the early hours of today, Israeli military forces again attacked a command center of "Hamas" in the Gaza Strip.
It is located in the northern part of the enclave and was housed in a building that used to be a school.
The center was used by the terrorists from "Hamas" for "preparing and carrying out terrorist actions against the forces of the IDF and the State of Israel,", the army said.
Data cannot be independently verified.
The IDF pointed out that before the "high-precision" strike, all measures are taken to minimize the threat to the civilian population. The Israeli military added that this is yet another example of systematic abuse by "Hamas" with buildings from the civil infrastructure, in violation of international law.
No casualties or injuries were reported.
Another demonstration was held in Tel Aviv demanding an agreement to return the property taken by "Hamas" on October 7 last year, Israeli hostages, whom the Palestinian movement then took to the Gaza Strip and keeps there to this day.
The gathered several hundred protesters accused Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of delaying indirect negotiations to end the conflict with "Hamas" and return of the kidnapped.
Today, Israeli representatives will meet in Doha with Qatari and American mediators in the first of several weeks of negotiations on the hostage issue.
After the collapse of the previous round of talks, Israel has stepped up its attacks on the Iran-backed Shiite movement "Hezbollah" in Lebanon and eliminated the leader of "Hamas" Yahya Sinuar.
Allegedly, "Hamas" is still holding about a hundred hostages, but it is not clear how many of them are alive.