Israel said it’s withdrawn more than 1,000 troops from the Palestinian refugee camp of Jenin, after sending them in to fight what it called an Iran-funded terrorist network.
The 44-hour raid, which included missile-laden drones and was the biggest air attack on the occupied West Bank in two decades, killed 12 Palestinians, some of them known militants. An Israeli soldier was shot dead during the overnight withdrawal, the army said on Wednesday.
Five rockets were fired from the Gaza Strip as the troops were leaving and were intercepted over southern Israel by the Iron Dome anti-missile system. Israel then struck Gaza, hitting what it described as an underground weapons-manufacturing facility belonging to Hamas, which rules Gaza and is allied with Iran.
