Israeli troops kill 10 in West Bank violence
27/1/2023 7:03
Israeli forces on Thursday killed nine Palestinians - including at least seven militants and a 61-year-old woman - in the deadliest single incident in the occupied West Bank in two decades, Palestinian officials said. Two rockets were fired from Gaza early Friday, further escalating tensions.
The Israeli military said both were intercepted by its Iron Dome missile defense system. It was the first such attack from the militant Hamas-ruled territory since Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu returned to power at the head of a far-right government that has pledged a tough line against Palestinian militancy.
The raid in the Jenin refugee camp and the rocket fire increases the risk of a major flare-up in Israeli-Palestinian fighting and casts a shadow on U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken's expected trip to the region next week.
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