The Israeli military on Wednesday, continued its major military campaign across the restive West Bank city of Jenin.
The Palestinian Ministry of Health in Ramallah said 10 people had been killed and at least 40 injured so far.
The military said that since the operation was launched on Tuesday, “over 10 terrorists” had been hit along with several “terror infrastructure sites.”
“Roadside bombs were also defused, it said.
Israeli media reported a new drone attack on Jenin, located in the north of the occupied West Bank and a stronghold of militants.
According to Palestinian accounts, Israeli forces have raided numerous houses near a refugee camp in Jenin.
While violence frequently flares in Jenin, this is Israel’s largest operation there in years.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the campaign, named Iron Wall, would be “extensive and significant”.
Tensions in the West Bank have long been high, but they dramatically escalated after the massacre carried out by the Palestinian Islamist organisation Hamas in Israel in October 2023.
There is currently a six-week ceasefire in place in Gaza.
Operation Iron Wall was launched just hours after a group of Israeli settlers rampaged through two Palestinian villages, torching homes and vehicles and wounding more than 20 people, according to the Palestinian Red Crescent. (dpa/NAN)
