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Israel army carries out rare West Bank air strike, killing 'three terrorists'

Israeli military forces carry the body of a Palestinian, following an Israeli military airstrike, in Jenin, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, August 28, 2026.
Israeli military forces carry the body of a Palestinian following the strike in Jenin, on August 28, 2026. © Mohamad Torokman, Reuters

Israel's military said it carried out an air strike in the Jenin area in the West Bank on Friday that killed a ​Palestinian it described as a Hamas militant operative as well as two of his accomplices, in a rare use of deadly Israeli air power in the occupied territory.

The Israeli military said it struck and killed three militants on Friday in the occupied West Bank, a rare air strike in the Palestinian territory that has seen growing tensions.

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