Israel forces launch lethal strike on West Bank's Jenin

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Source: CNN

Israel forces launch lethal strike on West Bank’s Jenin

By Kareem Khadder, Abeer Salman, Alex Stambaugh, Eyad Kourdi and Helen Regan, CNN
Updated 5:38 AM EDT, Mon July 3, 2023

(CNN) — Israeli forces launched a large military operation in Jenin in the northern West Bank overnight Sunday, killing at least five people and injuring 27 others, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry.

In a statement posted to Telegram in the early hours of Monday morning, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) said it launched an “extensive counterterrorism effort in the area of the city of Jenin and the Jenin Camp,” striking “terrorist infrastructure.”

Residents in Jenin told CNN they heard explosions and heavy gunfire in the area, while video from the scene showed wounded Palestinians being evacuated by ambulance to Jenin Government Hospital.

Of those injured, seven are critical, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health. Mahmoud al-Saadi, director of the Palestinian Red Crescent in Jenin, said most of the injuries are “serious and in the upper part of the body,” adding the process of transferring the injured has been difficult.

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