Israel troops kill 3 Palestinians in West Bank raid

Jenin, Palestinian Territories – AFP

Israeli troops killed three Palestinians during an overnight raid in the northern West Bank city of Jenin, the military said on Wednesday.

The Palestinian health ministry confirmed at least one death in the Israeli operation, the latest in a months-long military crackdown across the occupied West Bank since Hamas’s October 7 attack on Israel.

“In a joint counterterrorism activity in the city of Jenin, IDF soldiers apprehended 14 suspects, killed three terrorists and struck additional terrorists,” the army said in a statement.

The Palestinians’ official news agency Wafa said that Israeli troops stormed the city during the night.

“An undercover Israeli force besieged two houses in the camp sparking violent confrontations during which three Palestinians were also injured,” Wafa said, adding that troops also struck “a house with a missile” in the city’s refugee camp.

Jenin has been the focus of repeated Israeli raids which have often led to clashes with Palestinians.

The city’s refugee camp is one of the most crowded and impoverished in the West Bank.

Violence was already on the increase across the West Bank and has only escalated since Israel launched its war on Gaza.

Israeli troops and settlers have killed at least 400 Palestinians in the West Bank since the war on Gaza began, according to the Palestinian health ministry in Ramallah.