The ruins of a coffee shop in the West Bank city of Tulkarm show the force of the airstrike on Thursday night that killed at least 18 people including a senior local commander of the militant group Hamas.

Relatives say an Israeli airstrike on a West Bank cafe that the military said targeted Palestinian militants also killed a family of four, including two young children.

The Israeli airstrike which killed 18 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank was the deadliest in the area for years. The IDF said the strike had targeted a Hamas commander who was planning an imminent terror attack inside Israel on October 7th. But witnesses said a family of four was also killed – including two young children.