Seven Palestinians killed in airstrike near Jenin

Seven Palestinians were killed in an Israeli air strike near Jenin in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Ministry of Health announced in Ramallah on Sunday. Israel confirmed it had carried out an airstrike and called the men "terrorists".

Four of the dead were brothers, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA said.

Palestinian factions called for a general strike in the West Bank in response to Sunday's killings, and funeral processions were held for the six men on Sunday morning.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said it "conducted counter-terrorism operations in Jenin overnight," but did not specify who they were targeting, when one of its planes "hit a terrorist who threw bombs at them." " Six terrorists were killed. striking."

The Israeli military did not explain why it identified all the victims as terrorists.

But the Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad said they were "engaged in clashes with bullets and explosive devices" in the Jenin camp, according to a statement from the Islamic Jihad Al-Quds Brigades in the West Bank.

The Israeli military also said an Israeli border police officer was killed when his vehicle hit an explosive device during the operation, and other officers were injured. The Israeli army identified the dead officer as sergeant. Shay Germay, and said his family had been informed.

Since the start of the war between Israel and Hamas on October 7, violence has intensified in the West Bank. According to the Palestinian Ministry of Health, at least 334 people were killed by Israeli soldiers or settlers.