Dozens of people were killed or wounded after an outbreak of violence in the West Bank that Israeli military officials called a counterterrorism operation.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the assault on Jenin would be “extensive and significant,” as the military erected new checkpoints across the West Bank.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday to reiterate Washington's support for its ally, and the two also discussed Iran and Israeli hostages in Gaza, the State Department said.

After 15 months of collective grief and anxiety, three Israeli hostages left Hamas captivity and returned to Israel.

Truce comes after rupture said caused by IDF's resumption of airstrikes in area; members of battalion, affiliated with terror groups, to surrender arms to Ramallah after 6-week op

Freed Palestinian prisoners arrive in Ramallahto cheering, weeping and celebrationsAbdelaziz Atawneh/Freed prisoner"I left hell and now I'm in heaven, we are out of hell. They used to violate us, beat us.

The Israeli military said Tuesday it had launched an operation in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin, which the Palestinian ministry of health said

Hamas, based in Gaza, has over recent years expanded its reach in the West Bank, where the Palestinian Authority, dominated by the rival Fatah faction, exercises limited governance. On Tuesday, Hamas called on Palestinians in the territory to escalate fighting against Israel.

Israeli occupation forces have detained at least 25 Palestinians from the West Bank since yesterday evening, including former detainees, according to WAFA news agency. The Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees,

PA forces shot and killed a Palestinian man in Jenin, as Israel’s military offensive in West Bank town and refugee camp entered a second day.

RAMALLAH, January, 22, 2024 (WAFA) – Israeli occupation forces today installed an iron gate at the entrance to the village of Deir Ammar, west of Ramallah. Local sources told WAFA that the occupation forces installed an iron gate at the main entrance to the village.