A 16-year-old was killed in an Israeli drone attack in the city of Jenin in the West Bank, the Palestinian Ministry of Health reported on Saturday.
Several others were injured, the Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. The Israeli army said that a drone had attacked “armed terrorists in the Jenin area.” The attack was part of the Israeli military operation in the city in the northern West Bank.
On January 21, Israel launched its largest military operation in Jenin in a long time. The city is considered a stronghold of militant Palestinians. Security forces of the Palestinian Authority had also been deployed there against extremists.
Israel took over the West Bank and East Jerusalem following the Six-Day War in 1967. Today, around 700,000 Israeli settlers live there among 3 million Palestinians. The Palestinians claim the territories are a state of their own, with East Jerusalem as its capital.
