(CNN) — Israeli forces launched a large military operation on Sunday night in Jenin in the northern West Bank. In a statement posted to Telegram, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) said it launched an “extensive counterterrorism effort in the area of the city of Jenin and the Jenin Camp,” striking “terrorist infrastructure.”The Palestinian Health Ministry said Israeli forces killed at least three people and injured 13 others in Jenin early Monday. The IDF said it struck a joint operational command center for the Jenin Camp and operatives of the Jenin Brigade, a Palestinian militant group associated with Islamic Jihad. Palestinian Islamic Jihad said it will face its enemy “with all possible retaliation options,” in response to the Israeli operations in Jenin. "Israel forces launch lethal strike on West Bank’s Jenin"

Source: CNN July 03, 2023 04:02 UTC