The attack took place a day after an hours-long gun battle between Palestinian fighters and Israeli troops backed by helicopter gunships in Jenin
officials did not immediately confirm his death but said a second man was killed in the nearby town of Tubas.gunbattle between Palestinian fighters and Israeli troops
Far-right police minister Itamar Ben-Gvir called on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to launch a full-scale military operation in the West Bank and urged Jewish settlers in the area to carry a weapon. Hamas, the militant group which controls the Gaza Strip and has a network of fighters across the West Bank, said the shooter was a member of its armed wing and that the attack was a response to Monday’s operation by Israeli forces in Jenin.
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