Three people were killed and several others injured in an Israeli attack near the Jenin refugee camp in the West Bank, Palestinian media reported Wednesday.
“An Israeli plane fired at least two missiles at a group of people near the Jenin camp, killing three people and injuring several others,” Palestinian news agency Wafa said, citing local sources.
The Israeli military said in a statement that it had carried out “counterterrorism activities” in the area, but did not mention any casualties.
It said it was responding to an attack by what it called “armed terrorists,” who “shot and threw explosive devices at Israeli security forces.” In response, one of its attack drones “hit the terrorists.”
“Israeli security forces were not injured,” the army added.
According to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), at least 95 Palestinians have been killed in the West Bank since Israel declared war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip earlier this month in retaliation for the attack of the Palestinian Islamist movement on its territory.
On October 7, Hamas commandos infiltrated southern Israel from the Gaza Strip, carrying out a bloody attack on civilians on a scale and violence not seen since Israel’s creation in 1948.
More than 1,400 people have been killed on the Israeli side since October 7, mainly civilians massacred by Hamas that day, according to the latest figures from the Israeli authorities, who have identified more than 220 hostages kidnapped by Hamas.
On Tuesday, Hamas claimed that 5,791 Palestinians had been killed by Israeli retaliatory bombings since the start of the conflict, the majority civilians.