Building in ruins in aftermath of Israeli strike targeting militants in West Bank

(18 May 2024)
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Jenin, West Bank - 18 May 2024
1. Wide of aftermath of an Israeli airstrike on a building in Jenin
2. Various of damaged building, rubble on the ground
3. Journalists and people outside building
4. Woman inside damaged building
5. People outside building
6. Woman inside building
STORYLINE:
An Israeli fighter jet and helicopter carried out a strike in the West Bank city of Jenin late Friday, the military said, a hit that killed at least one Palestinian militant.
The Israeli military said it was targeting a militant operations center in Jenin, a flashpoint city in the northern reaches of the West Bank.
It said numerous militants were inside the compound at the time, and that the strike had killed one, Islam Khamaiseh.
The military said Khamaiseh was responsible for two shooting attacks on civilians, including one in 2023 that killed an Israeli man nearby a West Bank settlement.
The militant group Islamic Jihad said that Khamaiseh was a leader of the Jenin Brigade, a loosely organized armed group based in the camp.
Palestinian health officials reported that eight people had been injured in the strike and were taken to nearby hospitals.
Jenin is a flashpoint city in the northern the West Bank and is frequently raided by Israeli troops.
Airstrikes in the West Bank were rare before the war broke out in Gaza, but since Oct. 7 Israel has stepped up raids and strikes on the territory's cities and towns, killing more than 500 people.
The past seven months have been one of the deadliest periods for Palestinians in the West Bank since the U.N. began recording data.
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