Israeli security forces backed by helicopters have raided a refugee camp in the volatile West Bank city of Jenin, killing at least eight Palestinians and injuring a further 35 people.
The action, launched a day after US President Donald Trump declared he was lifting sanctions on violent Israeli settlers who attacked Palestinian villages, was announced by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as a new offensive against Iranian-backed militant groups.
Mr Netanyahu called it a "large-scale and significant military operation".
"We are acting systematically and resolutely against the Iranian axis wherever it extends its arms – in Gaza, Lebanon, Syria, Yemen and Judea and Samaria," he said.
Judea and Samaria are terms Israel uses for the occupied West Bank.
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