Israeli attack in West Bank city leaves 7 dead and journalist injured, Palestinians say | CBC News LoadedIsraeli forces raided the West Bank city of Jenin on Tuesday, killing seven Palestinians, including a doctor and a teenager, during a major operation that involved dozens of vehicles and continued into the night, witnesses and Palestinian health authorities said.
Heavy-tracked armoured bulldozers tore up streets near the centre of the city, protected by Israeli forces in at least 20 vehicles. Photojournalist Amr Manasra says he was hit by shrapnel while he was covering the raid inside the refugee camp. "Jenin hospital is the main governmental hospital in Jenin, and it is surrounded now," said hospital director Wissam Baker. "It looks it will be tough hours ahead, because the occupation is gathering more forces."He said the hospital's specialist surgeon was among those killed, after he was shot while on his way to work.
Palestinians inspect the site of an Israeli strike on a house in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, on Monday. "The first missile ... hit the entrance of the emergency department. We tried to enter, and then a second missile hit, and the third hit the building nearby," said Hussam Abu Safia, the head of hospital.
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