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killed after a series of israeli drone strikes hit the occupied west bank. israeli also deployed hundreds of troops to the area. its largest military operation against palestinian militants in two decades. israeli says it was targeting terrorist infrastructure in the west bank city of janine, a stronghold for the islamic jihad group that has become a flash point, and the violence has been escalating all year. the palestinians condemned the strikes. nbc news foreign correspondent josh lederman is following the story. what more can you tell us about what happened and how each side is responding. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has been speaking after he convened a national security meeting about this crisis, and he describes this refugee camp as a nest of terrorist, and the city of janine, a city of refuge for terrorism. that speaks to the mindset of the israeli government right now, as they are carrying out this massive operation as they describe as a counter operation
hadas gold is outside of jerusalem with the latest. what are you learning? john, this is being described as the largest israeli military operation in the west bank since 2002 in the days of the second i intifata and there were tanks, but they were outside of the city of jenin, and in terms of the air strike, this started 1:00 a.m. overnight, and they used drones for the air strikes to target locations within the jenin refugee camp, and it is hard to describe how dense and populated this area is. the israeli military saying they were focused on the terrorist infrastructure and command and control structures and command and control sites and the like.
the west bank city of jenin in more than 20 years. the palestinian health ministry says at least eight people have been killed. israeli military says its forces were attacking terrorist infrastructure, saying jenin has become a hub for terrorism and seven of the eight people killed were carrying weapons. gunfire and explosions could be heard from the streets. large billows of smoke followed. hadas, this is part of a spike in violence we ve seen in recent weeks really. i wonder, what evidence has the israeli government presented as to what is behind these particular attacks? reporter: well really this has been going on now for a year and a half, these regular israeli military raids into various cities in the occupied west bank. this is in response, they say, to a wave of palestinian attacks targeting israelis. but jenin in particular has been
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