TAMMUN, West Bank (AP) — Israeli soldiers fired on a car carrying a family in the northern West Bank, killing four people including two children, the Palestinian Authority’s Health Ministry said.
The Palestinian Red Crescent rescue service said that Ali and Waed Odeh, and two of their four children, were shot in the head. The Odehs’ two surviving children had shrapnel wounds that were examined by first responders once they were granted access, the group said, accusing Israel of delaying ambulances dispatched to the scene.
Israel’s military and police said in a joint statement Sunday that forces opened fire after a car accelerated toward them in Tammun. They said the forces were pursuing suspects accused of “terrorist activity” and that the shooting was under investigation.
Najah al-Subhi, who lost her son and grandchildren, told The Associated Press the family had gone to a mall in Nablus to buy clothes for Eid al-Fitr, the holiday marking the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan this week. She said the two surviving children sustained shrapnel wounds in the eye and the head.
Sameer Basharat, Tammun's mayor, said he heard about what happened to the Odeh family in the middle of the night, noting that their car was shot in the town's center, where the Israeli army maintains a daily military presence.
The town is among several that Israel has remained in for more than a year after launching an offensive in parts of the northern West Bank last year as part of an effort to confront militants.
Beyond the shooting, Basharat said that over the past year residents have been evicted by the army and denied access to the town’s farmland, while Israel has been seizing land in preparation for the anticipated construction of a new fence that would divide the Jordan Valley. Additionally, Tammun has faced frequent raids and road closures, affecting life and livelihoods of people in the town who on Sunday “are experiencing deep sorrow over what happened to the family," Basharat said.
The Israeli rights group B'tselem said the Odeh family's car was riddled with bullets and Israeli forces had “violently interrogated” one of the surviving children who was wounded.
“No effective mechanism exists to hold those responsible to account,” the group said.
Israeli soldiers accused of harming Palestinians are rarely penalized and were indicted in fewer than 1% of cases based on 2,427 complaints alleging wrongdoing between 2016 and 2024, according to Israeli rights group Yesh Din.
The members of the Odeh family were the latest casualties in the occupied West Bank, where Israeli settlers and soldiers had previously shot and killed at least eight Palestinians since the start of the Iran war.
Since Israel and the U.S. attacked Iran on Feb. 28, Israeli authorities have restricted movement across the West Bank, intermittently closing hundreds of gates and checkpoints on roads used by residents, ambulances and commercial traffic. The barriers have tightened movement and made emergency response significantly more difficult, the Red Crescent told AP last week.
Yesh Din said on Wednesday that it had documented 109 incidents of settler violence in the occupied West Bank in dozens of Palestinian communities since the start of the war.
Metz reported from Ramallah, West Bank.
Palestinians mourn at the funeral of four members of the Odeh family who were killed in their car by Israeli security forces during an army operation in Tammun, West Bank, Sunday, March 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
Palestinians mourn at the funeral of four members of the Odeh family who were killed in their car by Israeli security forces during an army operation in Tammun, West Bank, Sunday, March 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
A Palestinian man carries Muhammad Bani Odeh, 5, at the funeral of four members of the Odeh family who were killed in their car by Israeli security forces during an army operation in Tammun, West Bank, Sunday, March 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
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