4 killed in Israeli raid on Jenin
An Israeli raid targeting alleged militants in a West Bank flashpoint killed four Palestinians yesterday, including the brother of a man blamed for a deadly attack in Tel Aviv. The violence was the latest to hit Jenin, in the north of the Israeli-occupied West Bank, an area that has seen near daily clashes between Israeli troops and Palestinian gunmen since an escalation that began in March. Jenin deputy governor Kamal Abu al-Rub told AFP that yesterday's raid was "the most violent that the occupation army has carried out since the start of the year". The Palestinian health ministry recorded four dead and 44 wounded by live fire in the latest Israeli operation. The Israeli army confirmed two deaths during an operation it said targeted "two suspects involved in a number of recent shooting attacks". The European Union, in a tweet, said it was "alarmed by the spike in violence today in Jenin following the (Israeli) incursions". Since March, Israel has launched hundreds of operations in the northern West Bank in pursuit of alleged militants, including in Jenin and nearby Nablus. The raids have sparked clashes that have killed dozens of Palestinians.
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