Israel presses on with assault on occupied West Bank for third day
Al Jazeera
The Israeli army withdrew from Tulkarem after leaving trail of destruction but stepped up attacks on Jenin.
Israel’s largest military assault in two decades in cities across the occupied West Bank has entered its third day with the army leaving a trail of destruction.
In the early hours of Friday, witnesses said three people were killed after Israeli forces attacked a car in the village of Zababdeh, south of Jenin.
Israel’s military said one of its aircraft had “attacked a terrorist squad” there following an “encounter with security forces”. Footage of the strike’s aftermath shows a car engulfed in flames.
The Jenin Battalion of al-Quds Brigades, the armed wing of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, said earlier that its fighters engaged in “fierce clashes” with Israeli soldiers in Jenin.
The Palestinian Red Crescent Society said Israeli forces prevented ambulances from reaching the scene of the attack, according to Palestinian news agency Wafa.
