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Palestinians at a mosque hit in an Israeli airstrike in the Jenin refugee camp, Sunday. Credit: Raneen Sawafta/Reuters. Published by Haaretz

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The Israeli military says the airstrike in the Jenin refugee camp targeted a terror cell planning to duplicate border community massacres ■ The Palestinian Health Ministry says 90 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fire since October 7

by Amos Harel and Jack Khoury for Haaretz
Oct 22, 2023 1:11 pm IDT

The Israeli Air Force bombed on Sunday a mosque sheltering members of Hamas and Islamic Jihad, thought by security forces to be intending a murder spree like that seen in communities near the Gaza border two weeks ago. Two Palestinians were killed, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry.

The strike in the Jenin refugee camp was the first Israeli use of a warplane in the West Bank since the second intifada in the early 2000s. A drone attack in June was the military's first West Bank airstrike since that era.

Israel Defense Forces spokesman Daniel Hagari said the targeted cell was "a ticking time bomb" that was "responsible for many terror attacks.

"It planned to commit a murderous attack in Israeli territory," he continued. "The cell was attacked while in underground tunnels beneath the mosque."

The targeted cell was responsible for a string of terrorist attacks in recent months and had used al-Ansari Mosque as an operational command center, the military said. In July, "terrorism infrastructure and weapons" were found in the mosque, the IDF said.

Also Sunday, the Palestinian Health Ministry in the West Bank reported that the IDF had killed three Palestinians overnight, one each in Jenin, Nablus, and Tubas. According to the ministry's records, 90 Palestinian people have been killed in the West Bank since the fighting began on October 7.

Last week, the IDF attacked a group of armed men in the Nur a-Shams refugee camp near Tulkarm, with the Palestinian Health Ministry saying six people were killed in the attack. Firefights occurred between Border Police officers and armed men, and an explosive device claimed the life of Master Sgt. Maxim Razinkov. Ten police officers were lightly wounded.
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Including A Child, Army Kills Five Palestinians In West Bank

by IMEMC News
Oct 22, 2023

On Sunday dawn, Israeli soldiers killed five Palestinians in Jenin, including a child and a young man whose body was severely mutilated by an Israeli missile targeting a mosque in Jenin, in addition to Tammoun and Nablus in the occupied West Bank.

Media sources said Israeli military drones fired missiles at the Al-Ansar Mosque in Jenin refugee camp, destroying it and killing two Palestinians and wounding many others.

They added that one of the slain Palestinians had been identified as Mohammad Hussein Abu Aabed, from the Jenin refugee camp, and another young man, Mohammad Abdullah, from Salfit, who remained unidentified for several hours after his body was severely mutilated due to the Israeli missiles.

In addition, the Palestinian Health Ministry said a young man, Obeida Khaled Nasser Kamil, 15, has succumbed to serious wounds he suffered after the army invaded Qabatia town, south of the northern West Bank city of Jenin.

Obeida was walking to his school when the soldiers invaded the town and injured several Palestinians before shooting him, causing serious wounds.

Undercover Israeli soldiers first infiltrated Qabatia and surrounded a home near the school before firing dozens of live rounds to prevent the Palestinian from entering the area, seriously wounding Mohammad.

Medics rushed to the area, but the soldiers fired at them and refused to allow them to reach the seriously wounded Palestinian child.

In Tubas, in the northeastern West Bank, the soldiers invaded the city and Tammoun town, leading to protests, and fired a barrage of live rounds, killing Adnan Jihad Bani Odah, 20, after shooting him in the head and wounding six others.

In Nablus, in the northern West Bank, the soldiers killed Malek Jamil Sharqawi, 26, and shot three young men with live fire after the army invaded Askar refugee camp, east of the city.

On Saturday evening, the Palestinian Health Ministry said a young man, Qassam Farouq Mohammad Ahmad, 19, died from serious wounds he suffered a week earlier in Tulkarem, in the northwestern West Bank.

The Health Ministry said the soldiers shot Qassam with a live round a week earlier and added that he remained in critical condition until he succumbed to his wounds.

The Palestinian Health Ministry said the Israeli army has now killed 90 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank since October 7.