Missile event in Palestine on Fri 5th July 2024

People and rescue workers assess the damage inflicted on a house during an Israeli raid in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin on July 5, 2024. JENIN, Palestinian Territories - Israeli troops killed seven Palestinians – with Hamas claiming five as members – in a raid on Jenin in the occupied West Bank on July 5, officials said. At least 14 Palestinians have now been killed in Israeli operations this week in the West Bank, where the Gaza war has fuelled tensions in October. The Israeli military said the raid was carried out to find militants behind an attack last week in which an Israeli captain was killed. Hamas said one of the latest seven dead was a “commander” in the group. An Israeli military statement said there was a gun battle in the Jenin refugee camp and then troops surrounded a building in which “terrorists barricaded themselves”. The Wafa official Palestinian news agency said military vehicles surrounded a house and demands were made by loudspeaker for one occupant to surrender. Shoulder-launched missiles were fired and a drone used in the four-hour raid, it added. According to the military, two militants who took part in a bomb attack in which the captain died were killed. “In addition, during the counterterrorism activity, an armed terrorist cell that was identified in the area was eliminated” in an Israeli drone strike. The Palestinian Authority health ministry said the seven dead were aged from 19 to 54. A Hamas statement said five of the “martyrs” were members of the group that rules the Gaza Strip. One, Ahmed Mahmud al-Aridi, 30, was named as a Hamas “commander”.