At least eight Palestinians were killed in the raid and 50 were injured, according to Palestinian health officials.
By Haley Ott, in the occupied West Bank, in what one Israeli official called the largest operation in the area in almost two decades. At least nine Palestinians were killed in the raid and 50 were injured, according to Palestinian health officials, as gun battles were reported in the streets of a sprawling refugee camp in Jenin.
Palestinians walk on the streets after Israeli forces conducted airstrikes and a raid in the city of Jenin, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, July 3, 2023.Hecht said the raid continued with more strikes to clear the way for approximately 2,000 Israeli ground forces. He said that, though Israel had carried out strikes in Jenin in recent weeks, this was the largest escalation since 2006.
An injured Palestinian is carried into a hospital during an Israeli military raid in the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank, July 3, 2023. Israel has blamed multiple shooting attacks targeting Israelis this year on Palestinian militants allegedly operating in the Jenin refugee camp, and the camp has been raided several times.
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