Israeli forces hit the city of Jenin with drone strikes during an operation on Monday that included hundreds of troops and set off a gunbattle lasting into the morning, killing at least five people in a major escalation of West Bank violence.
With drones clearly audible overhead and the sounds of gunfire and explosives heard across the city hours after the strikes, the Jenin Brigades, a unit made up of militant groups based in the city’s crowded refugee camp, said it was engaging the Israeli forces and shot down one of the unmanned aircraft.
