IDF undertakes West Bank operation to thwart 'terrorism'
IDF undertakes West Bank operation to thwart terrorism Photograph:( Others )
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The Palestinian health ministry reported that two men, aged 25 and 39, were killed by Israeli forces during the operation in Jenin.
The Palestinian health ministry reported that two men, aged 25 and 39, were killed by Israeli forces during the operation in Jenin.
Israeli security forces have initiated an operation in the northern part of the occupied West Bank, according to a military spokesperson.
"Security forces have launched an operation to thwart terrorism in Jenin and Tulkarm," army spokesman Avichay Adraee said in a joint statement on Telegram with Israel's Shin Bet security service.
At least 10 Palestinians were killed Wednesday in Israeli raids and strikes in the occupied West Bank, the Red Crescent said on Wednesday (August 28).
The surveillance video from Jenin showed military vehicles moving down a street on Wednesday.
Taking to platform X, Foreign Minister Israel Katz said, the army was operating in since last night in refugee camps in the two cities to dismantle Iranian-Islamic terror infrastructures established there.
"We must address this threat with the same determination used against terror infrastructures in Gaza including temporary evacuation of residents and any necessary measures. This is a war, and we must win it," Katz added.
Ten Palestinians killed in Israeli operation
At least ten Palestinians were killed in Israeli raids and strikes in several towns in the north of the occupied West Bank, a spokesman for the Red Crescent said on Wednesday (Aug 28).
Two Palestinians were killed in the city of Jenin, four in a nearby village, and four more in a refugee camp near the town of Tubas, Red Crescent spokesman Ahmed Jibril told AFP.
While 15 others had been wounded, Jibril further informed.
Notably, the operation comes two days after Israel said it carried out an air strike on the West Bank that the Palestinian Authority reported killed five people.
It may be mentioned here, violence in the West Bank has surged alongside the war in Gaza, with more than 640 Palestinians killed by Israeli troops and settlers since Hamas's October 7 attack.
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At least 19 Israelis have been killed in Palestinian attacks during the same period, according to Israeli officials.
(With inputs from agencies)
