At least six Palestinians were killed today during an Israeli military raid in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin, the Palestinian Health Ministry says.
Israeli army vehicles enter the refugee camp in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin. Photo: Jaafar Ashtiyeh/AFP via Getty Images
Secretary of State Tony Blinken met on Monday with Israeli Minister for Strategic Affairs Ron Dermer and national security adviser Tzachi Hanegbi and expressed concern regarding the continuing violence in Israel and the West Bank and emphasized the need for all parties to take steps to restore calm and de-escalate tensions, State Department spokesperson Ned Price said.The raid started on Tuesday around noon local time when an Israeli special force surrounded a house in the Jenin refugee camp.
The Palestinian Ministry of Health said six Palestinians were killed and more than 10 wounded in the confrontations around the building and in the refugee camp. Two members of the Israeli police special counterterrorism unit were wounded in the raid, Israeli security officials saidPalestinian Minister Hussein al-Sheikh said the Israeli government made a decision to "open a war" against the Palestinian people.
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