BREAKING: The Israeli military withdrew from a Palestinian refugee camp in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin, ending a two-day operation that killed at least 13 Palestinians and drove thousands from their homes. One Israeli soldier was also killed.
Israeli police say that a Palestinian assailant has opened fire at an Israeli military checkpoint in the occupied West Bank before being shot and killed.The Israeli military began withdrawing troops from a militant stronghold in the occupied West Bank late Tuesday, security officials said, winding down an intense two-day operation that killed at least 13 Palestinians, drove thousands from their homes and left a wide swath of damage in its wake. One Israeli soldier was killed.
The developments came hours after a Hamas militant rammed his car into a crowded Tel Aviv bus stop and began stabbing people, wounding eight, including a pregnant woman who reportedly lost her baby. The attacker was killed by an armed bystander. Hamas said the attack was revenge for the Israeli offensive.one of the most intense
Israeli and Palestinian officials also reported fighting near a hospital in Jenin late Tuesday. An Associated Press reporter on the ground could hear explosions and the sound of gunfire. Palestinian hospital officials told the official Wafa news agency that three civilians were hit by Israeli fire., known as a bastion of Palestinian militants, early Monday in an operation it said was aimed at destroying and confiscating weapons.
Doctors Without Borders accused the army of firing tear gas into a hospital, filling the emergency room with smoke and forcing emergency patients to be treated in a main hall. The attacker was identified as a 20-year-old Palestinian man from the southern West Bank city of Hebron. Kefah Ja’ayyasah, a camp resident, said soldiers forcibly entered her home and locked the family inside.
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