Roadside Bomb Kills 3 Soldiers in Northern Iraq

The sun sets behind palm trees near city of Al-Qasim in Iraq's Babylon governorate on November 15, 2024. (Photo by Karar Jabbar / AFP)
The sun sets behind palm trees near city of Al-Qasim in Iraq's Babylon governorate on November 15, 2024. (Photo by Karar Jabbar / AFP)
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Roadside Bomb Kills 3 Soldiers in Northern Iraq

The sun sets behind palm trees near city of Al-Qasim in Iraq's Babylon governorate on November 15, 2024. (Photo by Karar Jabbar / AFP)
The sun sets behind palm trees near city of Al-Qasim in Iraq's Babylon governorate on November 15, 2024. (Photo by Karar Jabbar / AFP)

A roadside bomb targeting an Iraqi army vehicle killed three soldiers in northern Iraq on Sunday, police and hospital sources said.

The attack near the town of Tuz Khurmatu, about 175 km north of the capital Baghdad, critically wounded two others.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack, but ISIS militants are active in the area, said two Iraqi security officials.

Despite the group's defeat in 2017, remnants continue to conduct attacks against government forces.



Israeli Strike on West Bank Kills 2

Israeli troops patrol in the Nur Shams refugee camp, near the West Bank city of Tulkarem, 27 January 2025. (EPA)
Israeli troops patrol in the Nur Shams refugee camp, near the West Bank city of Tulkarem, 27 January 2025. (EPA)
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Israeli Strike on West Bank Kills 2

Israeli troops patrol in the Nur Shams refugee camp, near the West Bank city of Tulkarem, 27 January 2025. (EPA)
Israeli troops patrol in the Nur Shams refugee camp, near the West Bank city of Tulkarem, 27 January 2025. (EPA)

Israel has carried out a strike on a vehicle in the occupied West Bank, killing two people and wounding another three.

The Palestinian Health Ministry reported the casualties from Monday’s strike in the built-up Nur Shams refugee camp. It has been the scene of several Israeli military raids in recent months targeting Palestinian gunmen.

Hamas said the two killed were fighters in its armed wing.

Another Palestinian was killed by Israeli fire in the urban Qalandiya refugee camp near Jerusalem overnight, according to the Health Ministry. The ministry does not say whether those killed by Israeli fire are fighters or civilians.

The Israeli military confirmed the strike in Nur Shams but did not immediately provide further details. It referred questions about the shooting in Qalandiya to the Israeli police, who did not immediately respond.

The West Bank has seen a surge in violence since Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attack out of the Gaza Strip ignited the war there.

Israel captured the West Bank and Gaza along with east Jerusalem in the 1967 Mideast war. The Palestinians want all three territories for their future state.