August 28, 2024: Israel launched a large-scale military operation in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday. In the operation at least 9 Palestinians were killed and military sealed off the volatile city Jenin.

Israel has carried out near-daily raids across the West Bank since Hamas’ October 7 attack out of Gaza triggered the ongoing war there.

Israel says it is rooting out militants to prevent attacks on its citizens, while Palestinians in the West Bank fear it intends to broaden the war and forcibly displace them.

Lt. Col. Nadav Shoshani, an Israeli military spokesman said that the 9 dead were all militants including three killed in an airstrike in Tulkarem and another four in an airstrike in Al-Faraa.