Israeli raid in Jenin results in at least 4 Palestinian deaths

At least four Palestinians were killed and 23 others injured after an Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) operation in Jenin, in the occupied West Bank, according to the Palestinian Authority Health Ministry. The Israeli security forces said they neutralized two operatives of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorist organization who were suspected of significant terrorist activity. During the operation, the forces fired at armed men who fired at them, injuries were detected, and violent disturbances developed. Hamas announced that two of the Palestinians killed in Jenin were its members. Nabil Abu Rudeineh, spokesman for Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, called for "practical measures on the ground by the US administration to stop the unilateral Israeli measures, and to provide international protection for our people." The violence marks the latest round in what has become a brutal cycle of violence between Israelis and Palestinians, with 88 Palestinians killed since the beginning of this year. Since the beginning of the year, 13 Israeli civilians and one security officer have been killed in what Israeli officials say were Palestinian attacks.