Troops remained inside the Jenin refugee camp at midday Monday, pushing ahead with the largest operation in the area during more than a year of fighting.
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, in an incursion that resembled the wide-scale military operations carried out during the second Palestinian uprising two decades ago. Palestinian health officials said at least eight Palestinians were killed and dozens wounded.
Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant huddled with top military commanders and said the operation was "proceeding as planned." He said Israel had dealt "a tough blow" to local militant groups but gave no indication when the incursion would end. Lynn Hastings, the U.N. humanitarian coordinator in the Palestinian areas, said on Twitter that she was "alarmed by scale of Israeli forces operation," noting the airstrikes in a densely populated refugee camp. She said the U.N. was mobilizing humanitarian aid.
The Palestinian Health Ministry said at least eight Palestinians were killed and 50 people were wounded — 10 critically. "Due to the funds they receive from Iran, the Jenin camp has become a center for terrorist activity," he said, adding that the operation would be conducted in a "targeted manner" to avoid civilian casualties.
Monday's raid came two weeks after another violent confrontation in Jenin and after the military said a pair of rockets were fired from the area last week. The rockets exploded shortly after launch, causing no damage in Israel, but marked an escalation that has raised concerns in Israel.
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