Eight killed in Israeli 'military operation' in area not covered by ceasefire
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Eight people have been killed in the occupied West Bank after Israeli troops carried out a raid in the city of Jenin – an area not covered by the Gaza ceasefire agreement. Israel described it as a "significant and broad military operation" against Palestinian militants, just two days after a long-sought deal to stop the bombing of Gaza in return for the release of Israeli hostages took effect.
The Palestinian Health Ministry said eight people had been killed and 35 people wounded in the city, where Israel has carried out repeated incursions. It came as Israel's military chief of staff, Lieutenant General Herzi Halevi, announced he was resigning over failures to prevent the 7 October Hamas attacks in 2023, in which around 1,200 people were killed in southern Israel and about 250 people were taken hostage.
It triggered a major Israeli response which led to more than 47,000 Palestinians being killed in the densely populated area of Gaza, according to the territory's Hamas-run health ministry. Read more:Gaza: How the first day of ceasefire unfoldedMoment three hostages were transferred to Red Cross.
Be the first to get Breaking News. Install the Sky News app for free. Mr Halevi is the most senior Israeli figure to resign over the security failure. In his letter of resignation, he said the military, under his command, had "failed in its mission to defend the state of Israel".
