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Israel Targets West Bank Militant Stronghold With Drones, Hundreds of Troops

Smoke rises following an Israeli airstrike in Jenin, West Bank, on July 3.
Smoke rises following an Israeli airstrike in Jenin, West Bank, on July 3.Photographer: Jaafar Ashtiyeh/Getty Images
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By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS (NASSER NASSER and JOSEF FEDERMAN)
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JENIN, West Bank (AP) — Israel on Monday launched its most intense military operation in the occupied West Bank in nearly two decades, carrying out a series of drone strikes and sending hundreds of troops on an open-ended mission into a militant stronghold. At least eight Palestinians were killed and dozens wounded.

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