Fighting continued some 14 hours after Israel entered the camp. Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said the operation was “proceeding as planned,” but gave no indication when it would end. The Palestinians and neighboring Jordan and Egypt and the 57-nation Organization of Islamic Cooperation condemned the violence.
Military bulldozers plowed through narrow streets, damaging buildings as they cleared the way for Israeli forces. It came amid growing domestic pressure for a tough response to a series of attacks on Israeli settlers, including a shooting attack last month that killed four Israelis.īlack smoke rose from the crowded streets of the camp while exchanges of fire rang out and the buzzing of drones was heard overhead. Troops remained inside the Jenin refugee camp at midday Monday, pushing ahead with the largest operation in the area during more than a year of fighting. Palestinian health officials said at least eight Palestinians were killed and dozens wounded. JENIN, West Bank - Israel used drones to strike targets in a militant stronghold in the occupied West Bank early Monday and deployed hundreds of troops in an incursion that resembled the broad attacks carried out during the second Palestinian uprising two decades ago.
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