Israeli forces killed at least nine Palestinians, including a 60-year-old woman, and wounded several others during a raid in a flashpoint area of the occupied West Bank on Thursday, Palestinian officials said, in one of the deadliest days in years in the territory.
A gun battle broke out when the Israeli military conducted a rare daytime operation in the Jenin refugee camp that it said was meant to prevent an imminent attack against Israelis. The camp, where the Palestinian Islamic Jihad militant group has a major foothold, has been a focus of nearly a year of Israeli arrest raids.At least one of the dead was identified by Palestinians as a militant, but it was not clear how many others were affiliated with armed groups.
Amid the spike in violence, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is set to arrive in the region in the coming days and push for steps that might improve daily life for the Palestinians. Palestinian Health Minister May Al-Kaila said paramedics struggled to reach the wounded during the fighting, while Akram Rajoub, the governor of Jenin, said the military prevented emergency workers from evacuating the wounded.
Jenin hospital identified the woman killed as Magda Obaid and the Israeli military said it was looking into reports of her death. The Palestinian Health Ministry earlier identified another one of the dead as Saeb Azriqi, 24, who was brought to a hospital in critical condition after being shot, and died from his wounds.
"We ask that the international community help the Palestinians against this extremist right-wing government and protect our citizens," Rajoub, the Jenin governor, said. Israel says most of the dead were militants. But youths protesting the incursions and others not involved in the confrontations have also been killed. So far this year, not including Thursday, one-third of the Palestinians killed by Israeli troops or civilians had ties to armed groups.Israel says its raids are meant to dismantle militant networks and thwart attacks.
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