The Israeli army announced just after midnight that they are carrying out a “comprehensive counter-terror operation”. They claim to have attacked a joint operations center used as a command center for the Jenin Brigades, a collection of militants from different groups. On Twitter, the Israeli army writes that Israel will not accept that what they call terrorists are hiding in the city, which has a large, permanent refugee camp. They write that the attack was aimed at “terrorist infrastructure”. Air strikes According to Reuters citing Palestinian sources, at least one missile was fired. A residential building and an assembly hall are said to have been hit in Jenin. Israel says the building was used as an “advanced observation and reconnaissance center” and that weapons and explosives were stored there. The building is located in the refugee camp in Jenin, writes Haaretz. In addition to the three dead, at least thirteen others were injured, three of them seriously. An injured man is carried away by paramedics in Jenin. Photo: Raneen Sawafta / Reuters Moved in Sources in Jenin tell the newspaper that Israeli forces have surrounded the refugee camp, and that there may be more dead than reported by the Palestinian authorities. The DPA news agency cites Palestinian reports that Israeli soldiers entered Jenin shortly after the airstrike and fought Palestinian militants. At the same time, a Palestinian man has been killed in clashes with Israeli soldiers near the Israeli settlement of Beit El near Ramallah, according to Haaretz. More attacks In June, three militant Palestinians were killed in a drone attack on a car in Jenin, the first Israeli drone attack there since 2006. The IDF has not specified whether Monday’s attack was a drone. Israel often has operations in Jenin, which is located in the north of the West Bank, where Palestinian militia groups, including Hamas and the Islamic Holy War, have fighters. A few days before the drone strike in June, Israeli forces used Apache helicopters for the first time in over 20 years in an attack on the West Bank. It happened after Israeli forces on the ground encountered armed Palestinian resistance in Jenin. After the attack, unrest broke out in Jenin, and protesters set fire to car tires in the streets. Photo: Raneen Sawafta / Reuters Many killed Since the turn of the year, more than 130 Palestinians have been killed in clashes with Israeli soldiers, DPA writes. At the same time, 22 Israelis, one Ukrainian and one Italian are said to have been killed in Palestinian attacks. Israel occupied the West Bank and East Jerusalem in the Six-Day War in 1967. The occupation has been declared illegal by the UN and in violation of international law.
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