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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Bethan McKernan in Jerusalem

Tense but calm after deadly Jenin raid triggers Israel-Gaza rocket fire exchange

Palestinians at a rally in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on Friday after the attack on the Jenin camp.
Palestinians at a rally in Gaza on Friday after the attack on the Jenin camp in the West Bank. Photograph: Ismael Mohamad/UPI/Rex/Shutterstock

Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories remained tense but calm after an exchange of rocket fire between the Gaza Strip and Israel triggered by a deadly raid in the West Bank.

The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) entered the Jenin refugee camp, in the north of the occupied territory at about 7am (5am GMT) on Thursday acting on intelligence suggesting a cell linked to Palestinian Islamic Jihad was planning to carry out imminent attacks, the army said in a statement.

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