• Israeli forces used tear gas canisters.
• Israel has increased raids.
• Israeli forces killed 24 Palestinians during raids.

Israeli troops have killed at least four Palestinians and wounded several others during armed confrontations in Jenin, in the northern occupied West Bank, according to witnesses and medics.

An elderly woman has been reported among the dead, according to Palestinian officials.

Mai al-Kaila, the Palestinian health minister, also claimed that Israeli forces used tear gas canisters at a children’s hospital in Jenin, causing children to choke.

On Thursday, the Israeli military confirmed that an operation was underway in Jenin, but provided no further details.

Jenin is one of the northern West Bank areas where Israel has increased raids in an effort to crack down on growing armed Palestinian resistance.

The identities of the Jenin casualties were not immediately known. Hamas and Islamic Jihad, two Palestinian armed groups, said their fighters were fighting Israeli troops.

In January, Israeli forces killed 24 Palestinians during raids in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem, including five children.

In 2022, such raids killed over 170 Palestinians, many of whom were civilians.

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