At least 91 people were wounded in the violence, according to the Palestinian health ministry. Read more at straitstimes.com.
A Palestinian intelligence official told AFP on condition of anonymity it was the first time since 2002 – during the second Palestinian intifada, or uprising – that the Israeli army has fired missiles from an aircraft during a raid in Jenin.
Violence in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has escalated over the past year, particularly since the hard-right government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took power in December.A Palestinian militant holds his gun during an Israeli army raid in the West Bank on June 19. PHOTO: EPA-EFE The raid came as the US State Department’s top Middle East official, Barbara Leaf, was in Ramallah to meet with the Palestinian leadership.
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