Israeli air strike kills senior Palestinian fighter in Jenin camp

The Israeli military killed a senior Palestinian fighter in an air strike on a building in the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank on Friday night.

The Al-Quds Brigade, the armed wing of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, named the man as Islam Khamayseh. The Palestinian health ministry said that eight other Palestinians were wounded in the raid.

The Israeli military said a fighter jet and helicopter conducted the strike, a rarity in the West Bank, where Israeli air raids are usually carried out by drones.

A general strike and a day of mourning were announced in Jenin following the attack.

Israeli forces also conducted pre-dawn raids across the West Bank, detaining at least 20 Palestinians.

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