Israel Ends Military Operations After Two Days Of Clashes With Palestinian
Israel Military has ended its operations in the Jenin Refugee Camp in the northern west bank after two days of violent clashes. Twelve Palestinians and one Israeli soldier have been killed since Monday.
Israeli drones carried out air strikes while troops engaged in firefights with armed Palestinians.
Israel’s military described it as a “counter-terrorism operation”, while the Palestinian Foreign Ministry said it was an “open war against the people of Jenin”
In the early hours of Wednesday Israel carried out air strikes in Gaza in response to rocket fire, its military says.
Five rockets had been fired from Gaza, but the military said all were intercepted. No injuries were reported.
During the IDF’s withdrawal from Jenin overnight, militants from the Gaza Strip fired five rockets towards Israel.
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Israeli officials said the rockets were intercepted by the Iron Dome defense system and there were no reports of casualties.
Israeli jets struck an underground weapons manufacturing facility in Gaza in response, the IDF said.
“In response to the rockets launched earlier tonight, the IDF is currently striking in the Gaza Strip,” the Israeli army said in a statement early on Wednesday morning.
Meanwhile, on Tuesday, a militant in the Israeli city of Tel Aviv rammed a car into a group of people at a bus stop. The militant then began stabbing bystanders until he was shot dead by an armed civilian.
Seven people were wounded in the attack. Unconfirmed reports in the Israeli media said a pregnant woman had lost her baby.
Islamist militant organization Hamas, which is classified as a terrorist group by Israel, the US, the EU, Germany and several other countries, said the car-ramming incident was revenge for the Israeli army’s operation in Jenin.
