Armored bulldozers plowed through narrow streets to clear the way for troops, damaging property in its path. Ambulances raced toward the hospital, where the wounded were in stretchers.
While Israel described the attack as a pinpoint operation, smoke billowed from within the crowded camp, with mosque minarets nearby. The Palestinians and neighboring Jordan condemned the violence. The operation disrupted life for local residents, with electricity cut off in some parts and a military bulldozer seen driving through narrow streets - another reminder of Israel's incursions during the last uprising. Black smoke rose from the crowded streets of the camp as the military pressed on. It came at a time of growing domestic pressure for a tough response to a series of attacks on Israeli settlers – including a shooting attack last week that killed four people.
Troops remained inside the Jenin refugee camp early Monday, pushing ahead with the largest operation in the area during more than a year of fighting. Palestinian health officials said at least five Palestinians were killed. JERUSALEM: Israeli drones struck targets in a militant stronghold in the occupied West Bank early Monday and hundreds of troops were deployed in the area, an incursion that resembled the wide-scale military operations carried out during the second Palestinian uprising two decades ago.
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