The Palestinian Health Ministry reported Tuesday afternoon that six people were killed in the West Bank city of Jenin during an IDF raid. The Palestinian Foreign Ministry issued a statement saying that Israel was responsible for the consequences of the operation.
Israeli authorities confirmed that one of the people targeted and killed in the Jenin raid was Abdel Fattah Hussein Kharousha, who allegedly murdered Israeli brothers Halel and Yagel Yaniv on Feb. 26. The two were driving through the West Bank village of Huwara when an assailant shot them both at close range. Israeli authorities added that two police officers of the special commando unit were injured during the Jenin operation. Three children of Hussein Kharousha were detained by Israeli security forces in another raid in Nablus on Tuesday.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu posted a video congratulating the Israeli security forces who “eliminated the despicable terrorist who murdered the two brothers in cold blood,” adding, “Whoever harms us, on his own head be it.”
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met Monday night in Washington with Israel's national security adviser Tzachi Hanegbi and Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer. According to the State Department, Blinken "expressed concern regarding the continuing violence in Israel and the West Bank and emphasized the need for all parties to take steps to restore calm and de-escalate tensions."
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