At least 1 reported killed as Israeli army raids Jenin
The Israeli army has announced the start of a military operation in the occupied West Bank city, with initial reports saying one person has been killed.
Citing local sources, the Palestinian news agency Wafa reported that Israeli soldiers stormed the city from the Jalameh military checkpoint after a special unit infiltrated the area.
The raid coincided with Israeli drones bombing an empty vehicle near az-Zahra school in the vicinity of the Jenin refugee camp, without any injuries being reported, while Apache helicopters fired into the skies of the camp, Wafa reported.
The Israeli military said it was conducting a “counterterrorism” operation, without providing details.
Before the Israeli action, Palestinian security forces had been conducting a weeks-long operation to reassert control over the city, which is home to various armed groups.
Israeli raid in West Bank’s Jenin expected to last ‘days’: Report
The Times of Israel newspaper, citing a military source, reports the Israeli military’s ongoing raid in Jenin is expected to go on for at least several days, mobilising extensive soldiers, special forces and intelligence personnel.
The operation is codenamed the “Iron Wall”, said Israeli military spokesman Avichay Adraee.
Jenin death toll rises to 4: Ministry
The death toll from the ongoing Israeli military operation in the occupied West Bank’s Jenin refugee camp has risen to four, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry. The number of injured also rose to 35, the ministry said.
Jenin operation will be ‘intense’: Israel’s Smotrich
Israel’s far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has said Israel’s ongoing raid in Jenin is designed to “change the security situation” in the occupied West Bank.
The military raid, in which six Palestinians have already been killed, “will be an intense and ongoing operation”, said Smotrich in a post on X.
He said it would target “terror elements and their enablers” in order to protect Israeli “settlers” and “settlements”, which he described as a “security buffer” for Israel.
Israeli forces kill six Palestinians in Jenin: Ministry
Six people have now been killed by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank’s Jenin refugee camp as a result of the continuing Israeli military operation, the Palestinian Health Ministry says. 
Israeli forces in armoured vehicles conduct a raid in Jenin in the occupied West Bank on January 21
Netanyahu addresses Jenin operation
In a post on X, the Israeli prime minister said the military raid in Jenin is “another step towards achieving … security” in the occupied West Bank.
He also said it is part of Israel’s actions to counter the “Iranian axis”.
“We are acting systematically and decisively against the Iranian axis wherever it extends its reach – whether in Gaza, Lebanon, Syria, Yemen, or Judea and Samaria – and our efforts will continue,” said Netanyahu, using the biblical name by which Israel refers to the occupied West Bank.
Jenin death toll rises
We have just received an update from the Palestinian Health Ministry about the casualties from the Israeli army’s raid on Jenin. The death toll has risen to at least seven people, with about 35 others wounded.
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