Crowds attend funeral procession for Palestinians killed in West Bank raid

Crowds of people marched through the centre of Jenin on Friday for the funerals of Palestinians killed during a raid by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). As the Israeli offensive in Gaza continues, after the Hamas attack that killed 1,400 Israelis, violence in the occupied West Bank is escalating. Nineteen Palestinians were killed across the territory on Thursday as clashes took place with the IDF. According to Israeli media quoting IDF statements, the IDF launched a counter-terrorism operation during which forces exchanged fire with armed terrorists. Jenin has long been a flashpoint between Hamas and Israeli security forces, outside the practical control of the Palestinian Authority in Ramallah and a stronghold of Hamas and Islamic Jihad. ‘Our wish is to be martyred’: defiant Hamas fighters count their losses in West Bank Israeli forces kill 18 Palestinians in daytime raid in West Bank Israel-Hamas war – live updates