JERUSALEM/JENIN, West Bank — The Israeli military said on Thursday its troops killed five Palestinian fighters who were hiding inside a mosque in the West Bank city of Tulkarm, in one of the largest assaults on the occupied territory for months.
The operation, which a Reuters witness said was yet to conclude, began in the early hours of Wednesday with hundreds of Israeli troops backed by helicopters, drones and armored personnel carriers raiding the flashpoint cities of Tulkarm and Jenin, and areas in the Jordan Valley.
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