Israeli bombing turns Tulkarm night of shisha smoking and food into a site of death and destruction

For the first time in more than 20 years, Israeli fighter jets bombed a West Bank city on Thursday night.

Eighteen people were killed and many others wounded, according to the Palestinian health ministry.

Fayed, who lost his brother in the attack, was in a nearby building when the Israeli missile hit his cafe.

It was a normal night, he told Middle East Eye, with people gathered to eat and smoke as usual. Within seconds, the bombing changed the scene completely, he added. “There were bodies strewn on the fences, the utility poles, the roads and under the rubble,” he recalled.