Israel used drones to strike targets in a militant stronghold in the occupied West Bank early Monday and deployed hundreds of troops in the area.
Tires burn during an Israeli military raid in the militant stronghold of Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank, Monday, July 3, 2023. Israeli drones struck targets in the area early Monday and hundreds of troops were deployed. Palestinian health officials said at least five Palestinians were killed.
Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said the operation was “proceeding as planned,” but gave no indication when the incursion would end. Fighting was continuing at midafternoon, some 14 hours after Israel entered the camp. According to the official Palestinian news agency Wafa, the military blocked roads within the camp, took over houses and buildings and set up snipers on rooftops. The tactics signaled the operation could drag on for some time.
In a separate incident, a 21-year-old Palestinian was killed by Israeli fire near the West Bank city of Ramallah, the ministry said. Israel's foreign minister, Eli Cohen, accused archenemy Iran of being behind the violence by funding Palestinian militant groups. In 2002, days after a Palestinian suicide bombing during a large Passover gathering killed 30 people, Israeli troops launched a massive operation in the Jenin camp. For eight days and nights they fought militants street by street, using armored bulldozers to destroy rows of homes, many of which had been booby-trapped.
Israeli military experts said they expected the operation to wrap up quickly — within hours or a day or two. Prolonged violence and heavy casualties would risk attracting increased international criticism and drawing militants from the Gaza Strip or even Lebanon into the fighting.
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