Israeli troops kill six in West Bank operation, Palestinian officials say

A Palestinian stands beside a torched car in the aftermath of an attack by Israeli settlers in the West Bank village of Jinsafut (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

Israel has launched a large military operation in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin that the Palestinian Health Ministry said had killed at least six people and injured 35.

Israel announced a “significant and broad military operation” against Palestinian militants in the city. Jenin has seen repeated Israeli incursions and gun battles with militants in recent years, even before Hamas’s October 7 2023 attack ignited the war in Gaza.