Israeli drones strike West Bank city, kill three Palestinians
Israeli forces launched drone strikes in the West Bank city of Jenin for the second time in less than two weeks overnight on Monday, as part of an operation that set off a gunbattle lasting into the morning, killing at least three Palestinians.With the sounds of gunfire and explosives heard across the city hours after the strike and drones.clearly audible overhead, the Jenin Brigades, a unit made up of different resistance groups basedIn the city’s large refugee camp
said it was engaging the Israeli forces.At least six drones could be seen circling over the city and the adjoining camp, a densely packed area that houses around 14,000 people in less than half a square kilometer.”What is going on in the refugee camp is real war,” said Palestinian ambulance driver, Khaled Alahmad. “There were strikes from the sky targeting the camp.Every time we drive in around five to seven ambulances and we come back full with injured people.
“The Palestinian health ministry confirmed that at least three people had been killed and 27 wounded in Jenin,while another man was killed in the city of Ramallah after being shot in the head at a checkpoint.The Israeli military said its forces struck a building that served as a command center for fighters from the Jenin BrigadesIn what it described as an extensive ‘counterterrorism’ effort in the West Bank.Until last month, when it carried out a strike on June 21 near Jenin, the Israeli military had not used drone strikes in the West Bank since 2006.
But the growing scale of the violence and the pressure on ground forces meant such tactics may continue, a military spokesperson said.”We’re really stretched,” he told journalists. “It’s because surged across the occupied West Bank for more than a year.
