Israeli forces raided the West Bank city of Jenin overnight, carrying out a strike that residents said involved a missile fired from the air and setting off a gunbattle that lasted into Monday morning and killed at least three people.
With the sounds of gunfire and explosives heard across the city hours after the strike and drones clearly audible overhead, the Jenin Brigades, a unit made up of different militant groups based in the city's large refugee camp, said it was engaging the Israeli forces.
At least six drones could be seen circling over the city but the military declined to specify whether Monday's operations included a drone strike, which had not been seen in the West Bank for more than 15 years until aHowever, the apparent scale of the raid underlined the importance of Jenin in the violence that has surged across the occupied West Bank for more than a year.
The Palestinian health ministry confirmed at least three people had been killed in Jenin, while another man was killed in the city of Ramallah after being shot in the head at a checkpoint. from a raid on the city, after fighters used explosives against a force sent in to arrest two militant suspects.
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