"The Israeli military and police said in a joint statement that security forces opened fire during an operation after perceiving the vehicle as 'an immediate threat.' Authorities said the car accelerated toward the forces, prompting the gunfire that killed the four people inside the vehicle."
"One of the surviving children told reporters that the Israeli soldiers 'pulled me out and started jumping on my back. Then they took me to a corner and asked me what happened and who was with me in the car.' 'I told them it was my father and mother. They said I was lying and started beating me.'"
"Palestinian officials said the incident was not 'isolated' but part of what it described as a broader and systematic pattern of Israeli attacks within the occupied West Bank."
Palestinian Red Crescent teams recovered bodies of two adults and two children from a vehicle shot by Israeli soldiers in Tammun, northern West Bank. The victims were identified as a 37-year-old man, 35-year-old woman, and their sons aged 5 and 7. Israeli military stated security forces opened fire after perceiving the vehicle as an immediate threat, claiming it accelerated toward them. Two other children aged 8 and 11 were injured by shrapnel. Palestinian officials described the incident as part of a broader systematic pattern of Israeli attacks. A surviving child reported soldiers beat him after pulling him from the vehicle. The incident remains under investigation.
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