An Israeli military drone reportedly fired three missiles at a group of people in the Jenin refugee camp.

At least one Palestinian teenager and three brothers Israeli airstrike kills six According to reports, the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank.

An Israeli drone fired three missiles at a group of people near a traffic circle in the refugee camp on Tuesday night, killing six people, including a 15-year-old boy, and injuring several others, the Palestinian Wafa news agency said.

Five other victims of the attack were aged between 23 and 34, including three brothers, Wafa reported. Earlier this month, an Israeli drone strike killed two Palestinian children and a 23-year-old from the same family in the occupied West Bank town of Tamun.

Al Jazeera correspondent Hamda Salhout said the drone attack on the Jenin refugee camp comes amid intense Israeli military attacks on local communities, with Israeli troops in the occupied West Bank since October 7, 2023. Nearly 800 Palestinians were killed and thousands more arrested. Others.

“The Israeli Defense Minister stated that Israel will continue this policy throughout the West Bank,” Salhout said, adding that violence in the occupied territories is now known as Israel’s “silent war.”

“This is called the silent war — parallel and parallel to what Israel is doing in Gaza, but it doesn’t get as much attention,” Salhout said.

The deadly drone strike also took place as part of a military operation launched in the Jenin refugee camp. of the Palestinian Authority (Palestinian Authority) Security forces have targeted Palestinian resistance fighters in the past few weeks, killing more than a dozen people.

Anwar Rajab, spokesman for the Palestinian Authority security forces, said the attack was aimed at “undermining the authorities’ efforts to achieve security and stability in Jenin.”

Palestinian Legislative Council Deputy Speaker Hassan Khraishe said the drone strikes demonstrated Israel’s willingness to kill Palestinians indiscriminately.

“This is a clear message from the Israeli occupation that every Palestinian is a target,” Khreishe told Al Jazeera.

Khreishe said the drone strike also sparked anger among locals because it occurred during a Palestinian Authority military operation in Jenin. The Palestinian Authority should withdraw its troops from Jenin now and joined forces with other Palestinian groups to oppose the Israeli occupation.

“Our enemies are one of them – whether they are resistance fighters or (Palestinian Authority) security forces,” he said.

“No one is safe from Israeli attacks.”

Earlier on Tuesday, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad group Jenin Camp said it agreed to a local initiative to end Palestinian infighting and stop bloodshed among Palestinians in the occupied territories. The group did not reveal details of the agreement but said it affirmed “the legal right to resist criminal occupation”.

In addition to cracking down on Jenin militants, which it describes as “outlaws,” the Palestinian Authority also Al Jazeera goes off air In the occupied West Bank, authorities further suppressed dissent and free speech.