JERUSALEM — The Israeli army said on Friday that it carried out a airstrike targeting "several terrorists" in the West Bank city of Jenin.In a brief statement, the army said Israeli warplanes had “precisely struck” several people in the city.It provided no further details about the identities of those targeted or the outcome of the rare airstrike on West Bank.There was no immediate response by Palestinian sources regarding casualties resulting from the reported strike.The West Bank, home to the Palestinian Authority, has seen soaring violence by Israeli settlers but has mostly avoided the Israeli military airstrikes that have devastated the Gaza Strip since the October 7, 2023 attacks by Hamas.In early 2025, the military launched a wide-ranging operation targeting refugee camps in the northern West Bank that it said was aimed at cracking down on Palestinian armed groups.In February of that year, it deployed tanks in Jenin, which is known as a hotbed of Palestinian militancy.The large-scale operation has caused the displacement of nearly 40,000 people from the camps, according to the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA.
Israeli army carries out rare airstrike on West Bank city of Jenin
The Israeli army said on Friday that it carried out a airstrike targeting 'several terrorists' in the West Bank city of Jenin.










