Military says it killed head of Palestinian militant group in Jenin and two other men
A Palestinian woman stands in the doorway of her house along a street dug up by Israel i bulldozers in the the Nur Shams refugee camp near Tulkarem in the occupied-West Bank in the aftermath of a large-scale Israel i military operation. Photograph: Jaafar Ashtiyeh/AFP Israel i forces killed a local commander of the Islamist movement Hamas in the flashpoint city of Jenin on Friday as they pressed a major operation in the occupied West Bank for a third day, the Israel i military said.
In the village of Zababdeh, just outside Jenin, a burnt-out car riddled with bullet holes stood against a wall where the driver crashed the vehicle after being pursued by an Israeli special forces unit, residents said.EU foreign affairs chief proposes sanctions on Israeli ministers Israeli armoured personnel carriers backed by helicopters and drones pushed into Jenin and Tulkarm on Friday while armoured bulldozers ploughed up roads to destroy roadside bombs planted by the militant groups.
Since the Hamas attack on Israel last October that triggered the Gaza war, more than 660 Palestinians - combatants and civilians - have been killed in the West Bank, according to Palestinian tallies, some by Israeli troops and some by Jewish settlers who have carried out frequent attacks on West Bank Palestinian communities.
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