Israel launched extensive air and ground attacks on Jenin starting early Monday, striking what it called a militant “operational command center” in a further escalation in the occupied West Bank city that is a hub of armed Palestinian resistance.
JERUSALEM — The assaults were the start of an “extensive counterterrorism effort” centered on a densely populated Jenin refugee camp, according to Israeli officials, and were ongoing as of Monday afternoon. At least eight people were killed and 50 injured, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry, with 10 in critical condition. The Israel Defense Forces, which entered the area with about 1,000 soldiers, said the operation would continue indefinitely.
The use of aircraft in the assault represents a significant military escalation in the northern West Bank, where commando-style raids were once the norm. Drones were deployed in June, and a U.S.-built Apache gunship was used to aid in the evacuation of Israeli soldiers caught inside the camp, the first time Israel had turned to air power in the West Bank since the uprising known as the second intifada in the early 2000s.
The Israeli attacks Monday — which included armed drones — began shortly after 1 a.m. and destroyed what the IDF said was a militant command center that served as a hub of planning, weapons storage and communications. The building was surrounded by residential blocks and several facilities used by the United Nations agency charged with aiding Palestinian refugees.
But Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas called the attacks “a new war crime against our defenseless people,” according to a spokesman.
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