It was not instantly clear whether or not the six Palestinians and the Israeli officer had been killed throughout the identical operation.
The official Palestinian information company Wafa reported early Sunday {that a} main deployment of Israeli forces was underway in Jenin.
It mentioned the six Palestinians, together with 4 brothers, had been killed in an “Israeli drone strike” in Jenin.
Israeli military raids on the Jenin space typically set off gun battles between troops and Palestinian militants.
The military says it’s focusing on “terrorists” in its raids, however the Palestinian well being ministry says many civilians are among the many useless.
Israel has occupied the West Financial institution since a struggle with Arab states in 1967.
For the reason that Israel-Hamas struggle started on Oct 7, no less than 327 individuals within the West Financial institution have been killed by both troopers or Israeli settlers, in accordance with the Palestinian well being ministry.
The Oct 7 Hamas assault on Israel resulted within the deaths of round 1,140 individuals, most of them civilians, in accordance with an AFP tally based mostly on official Israeli figures.
In response, Israel is finishing up a relentless bombardment and floor invasion which have killed greater than 22,000 individuals in Gaza, most of them girls and youngsters, in accordance with the Hamas-run well being ministry within the territory.
