Three useless and 29 injured in Israeli West Bank raid
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sraeli troops have killed three Palestinians, together with a 15-year-old boy, and wounded not less than 29 others throughout an enormous gun battle with militants within the streets of the occupied West Bank metropolis of Jenin, officers mentioned.
The combating was the newest in additional than a yr of near-daily violence within the West Bank.
The Palestinian well being ministry recognized the useless as Khaled Asasa, 21, Qassam Abu Sariya, 29, and 15-year-old Ahmed Saqr, and mentioned not less than 4 others have been severely wounded within the shootout.
The Israeli army didn’t instantly touch upon the incident. Israeli media reported that a number of Israeli troops have been additionally wounded within the combating.
Unconfirmed novice video footage from Jenin appeared to indicate an Israeli army helicopter launching a rocket in the course of the ongoing military operation.
Israel and the Palestinians have been gripped by months of violence, targeted primarily within the West Bank, the place some 120 Palestinians have been killed this yr.
The metropolis of Jenin has been a hotbed of Palestinian militancy.
Israel has been staging near-nightly raids within the West Bank in response to a spasm of Palestinian violence early final yr. Palestinian assaults in opposition to Israelis have surged throughout that point.
Most of the useless have been militants, in keeping with Israeli officers, however stone-throwing youths protesting in opposition to the incursions and others not concerned in confrontations have additionally been killed.
Palestinian assaults in opposition to Israelis have killed not less than 20 individuals this yr.