At least nine Palestinians were killed in a large-scale Israeli military raid in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday that targeted multiple locations, including a teeming refugee camp in the northern city of Jenin.
Israeli forces, including armoured carriers, bulldozers and infantry, were seen surrounding the Jenin camp, a hotbed for Palestinian militancy, and closing off the area around the nearby city. Residents reported snipers, drones and intermittent gun battles in one of the largest incursions into West Bank Palestinian cities in recent memory.
The Israel Defense Forces also carried out at least two drone strikes, including on a house in the Nur Shams refugee camp, near the Palestinian town of Tulkarem that abuts a major Israeli highway and villages, and the other in the Jordan Valley. Israeli drone attacks have become an increasingly common occurrence in the West Bank, killing dozens since Israel and Hamas went to war in October, according to UN data.