Nine Palestinians were killed by Israeli forces overnight in raids across the occupied West Bank, according to information from the Palestinian Ministry of Health.
Four men and a 17-year-old were shot dead in Jenin. They were named as Suleiman Steti, 31, Mustafa Na’aniya, 26, Waseem Zyoud, 22, Motaz Abu Al-Nada, 26, and Yamen Jarrar, 17. A sixth person was transferred to hospital with what health officials described as a serious abdominal injury.
Videos obtained by CNN show several Israeli military vehicles entering the Jenin refugee camp on Thursday evening, with sounds of gunshots being fired and piles of rubble strewn around the ground. Another clip shows a roadside explosive being detonated near an Israeli military bulldozer that had been tearing up infrastructure.
An eyewitness told CNN that Israeli forces covertly entered the camp and were spotted by Palestinian gunmen who opened fire. More Israeli military vehicles then came in to support the special unit as reinforcement, the eyewitness added.
Some context: Israel has stepped up activities against armed Palestinian groups in the West Bank since October 7, with the town of Jenin, in the north of the territory, a particular focus.
In a statement Friday morning, the Israeli army said it had taken part in “counterterrorism activity overnight in the Jenin Camp.”
“During the activity, an aircraft struck an armed cell that had hurled explosive devices at the forces. Several assailants were killed,” the statement added.
In separate incidents overnight, four other Palestinians were killed by Israeli forces, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health. They were named as Wadih Al-Najjar, 33 and Muhammad Al-Azza, 36, both killed in Hebron; Ibrahim Zayed, 29, killed in Qalandiya; and Asim Ramadan, 19, who died in Nablus.
