RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) – Israeli forces on an overnight raid in the occupied West Bank came under fire by a group of Palestinians whom the military then targeted with a drone strike, the Israeli military said on Wednesday, and medics said two Palestinians were killed.
The military said armed Palestinians “fired and hurled explosive devices” at its forces in Jenin refugee camp, in the northern West Bank. The military then struck them with a drone, and “hits were identified”, it added.
The Palestinian Red Crescent ambulance service said two Palestinians were killed, with others injured.
The strike was at least the third use of Israeli air power in the West Bank since violence in the territory surged after Hamas’ Oct. 7 gun rampage in southern Israel.
Jenin refugee camp, a Palestinian militant stronghold, was the focus of a major Israeli military operation earlier this year.
(Reporting by Ali Sawafta and Rami Ayyub; Editing by Sandra Maler)
