Israeli Forces Kill 3 Palestinians, Wound Over 10 in West Bank Raid

A military vehicle maneuvers during an Israeli raid in Jenin, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, June 6, 2024. REUTERS/Raneen Sawafta
A military vehicle maneuvers during an Israeli raid in Jenin, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, June 6, 2024. REUTERS/Raneen Sawafta
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Israeli Forces Kill 3 Palestinians, Wound Over 10 in West Bank Raid

A military vehicle maneuvers during an Israeli raid in Jenin, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, June 6, 2024. REUTERS/Raneen Sawafta
A military vehicle maneuvers during an Israeli raid in Jenin, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, June 6, 2024. REUTERS/Raneen Sawafta

Israeli forces killed three Palestinians and wounded at least 13 others in a raid on the occupied West Bank city of Jenin on Thursday, the Palestinian Health Ministry and medics said.
The Palestine Red Crescent Society said it was treating at least six people who were shot, four who sustained shrapnel wounds and one person who was run over by a military jeep. It said its teams were fired at while recovering some of the dead.
The Israeli military did not immediately respond to questions on the raid.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, speaking at the end of a security assessment on the West Bank on Thursday, said that while Israel was facing "complicated international pressure" it was determined to change the security reality in the area.
"Israel is engaged in a difficult battle on many fronts. We are fighting in the south, we are fighting in the north, we are also fighting in Judea and Samaria," he said, using the biblical name for the West Bank.
A video shared on social media, which Reuters could not immediately verify, seemed to show a helicopter firing at Jenin's refugee camp, a densely populated urban area.
Residents of both the camp and the city reported hearing gunshots.
Jenin camp has been a focal point of raids by the Israeli military, which says it carries out such operations to arrest suspects and prevent attacks on Israelis.



Israel Says it Eliminated Head of Hamas Network in Southern Syria

Soldiers stand next to Israeli Army tanks, amid cross-border hostilities between Hezbollah and Israel, in northern Israel, September 27, 2024. REUTERS/Jim Urquhart
Soldiers stand next to Israeli Army tanks, amid cross-border hostilities between Hezbollah and Israel, in northern Israel, September 27, 2024. REUTERS/Jim Urquhart
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Israel Says it Eliminated Head of Hamas Network in Southern Syria

Soldiers stand next to Israeli Army tanks, amid cross-border hostilities between Hezbollah and Israel, in northern Israel, September 27, 2024. REUTERS/Jim Urquhart
Soldiers stand next to Israeli Army tanks, amid cross-border hostilities between Hezbollah and Israel, in northern Israel, September 27, 2024. REUTERS/Jim Urquhart

The Israeli army said on Saturday that it had eliminated the head of the Palestinian Hamas' network in southern Syria, whom it referred to as Ahmad Muhammad Fahd, overnight on Friday.

Israel has vowed to dismantle Hamas’ military and political regime in the Gaza Strip.

Israel regularly targets military sites in Syria and facilities linked to Iran and Hezbollah.

Those strikes have become more frequent as Hezbollah has exchanged fire with Israeli forces for the past 11 months against the backdrop of Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza.