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JERUSALEM — The Israeli army despatched a large-scale raid right into a stronghold of militants within the occupied West Bank early Monday, and native well being officers stated at the very least three Palestinians have been killed.

Israeli forces raided what the army described as a “unified command center” for militants within the Jenin refugee camp, describing it as “an advanced observation and reconnaissance center” the place militants would collect to coordinate and put together for assaults.

Israeli media stated the army additionally performed airstrikes, reviving a tactic it had largely halted in the course of the previous 20 years, after a Palestinian rebellion towards Israel’s open-ended occupation slowly fizzled.

The Palestinian Health Ministry stated three Palestinians have been killed and 13 injured early Monday, three of them critically.

In a separate incident, a 21-year-old Palestinian was killed by Israeli fireplace close to the West Bank metropolis of Ramallah, the ministry stated.

The Jenin camp and an adjoining city of the identical title have been a flashpoint as Israeli-Palestinian violence escalated for the reason that spring of 2022. Monday’s raid got here two weeks after one other violent confrontation in Jenin.

Monday’s deaths deliver the demise toll of Palestinians killed this 12 months within the West Bank to 131, a part of greater than a yearlong spike in violence in that space that has seen a number of the worst bloodshed in almost 20 years.

The outburst of violence was sparked final 12 months after a spate of Palestinian assaults, which prompted Israel to step up its raids within the West Bank.

Israel says the raids are supposed to beat again militancy. The Palestinians see the intensifying Israeli army presence within the space as an entrenchment of Israel’s 56-year open-ended occupation of the territory.

Israel says most of these killed have been militants, however stone-throwing youths protesting the incursions and in addition folks not concerned within the confrontations have additionally been killed.

Palestinian assaults for the reason that begin of this 12 months have killed 24 folks.The outburst of violence was sparked final 12 months after a spate of Palestinian assaults, which prompted Israel to step up its raids within the West Bank.