Palestinians Cut Security Ties With Israel After Deadly Raid

  • Gaza militants fire rockets at Israel after gunfight in Jenin
  • Israel’s Netanyahu won election last year and formed coalition

Palestinians carry the bodies of four of the 9 reported victims killed in the West Bank's Jenin refugee camp on January 26. 

Photographer: Jaafar Ashtiyeh/AFP/Getty Images
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The Palestinian Authority said it’s ending security ties with Israel after eight militants and one civilian were killed in a West Bank gunfight, in an escalation in violence that was later followed by a rocket attack from the Gaza Strip.