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Israel Authorities said they killed three palestinian During an operation in the northern part of the terrorist-held West Bank early Tuesday.
Israeli police said three men were shot as they emerged from a nearby cave jenineA city in the northern West Bank known as a militant stronghold. The Israeli military said in a statement that the militants “participated in terrorist activity in Jenin”, but did not provide further details.
Two terrorists were killed in the initial firing. According to the Israeli military, the third, who was wounded, died shortly afterward.
An earlier statement said Israeli forces launched an airstrike shortly afterward to destroy the cave. The army confirmed the airstrike in the area but did not provide further details.
Israel has increased its military activity in the occupied West Bank from October 7, 2023. Hamas The attack that started the war in Gaza.
Israel says the operation has cracked down on terrorists in the West Bank. But Palestinians and human rights groups say the dead also include large numbers of uninvolved civilians, while thousands have been displaced from their homes.
The US-brokered ceasefire in Gaza continues since it began on October 10. Late Monday, the Israeli military said the remains of another hostage sought under the agreement had been returned to Israel.
Hamas has returned the remains of 16 hostages to Israel since the ceasefire began. Another 12 bodies still need to be recovered and handed over in Gaza.
In exchange for the dead hostages, Israel has so far returned 195 Palestinian bodies to Gaza, less than half of which have been identified.
On Monday, 41 unidentified bodies were buried in Deir al-Balah in Gaza City and a funeral was held in Israel for slain hostage Yossi Sharabi, whose remains were returned earlier this month.
Over the weekend, Egypt deployed a team of experts and heavy equipment to help search for bodies of hostages still in Gaza. That work continued at Khan Younis on Monday.
The last 20 surviving hostages were returned to Israel when the ceasefire began and in exchange Israel freed approximately 2,000 Palestinian prisoners.
Most of those freed had been seized by Israeli troops in Gaza during the two-year war and were held without charge. Among those released were 250 Palestinians sentenced to prison, most of whom were convicted of deadly attacks. Israel According to Israel’s Justice Ministry, it is decades old.
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