WEST BANK (Dispatches) – Two Palestinians have been killed by Zionist troops in the Jenin governorate in the occupied West Bank, bringing the total number of people killed in the area since a major assault began almost two weeks ago to 19.
The two Palestinians were shot dead by Zionist troops late on Thursday during an Israeli army operation inside the Jenin refugee camp, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health.
The Wafa news agency identified the two men as Yazan Hatem al-Hassan and Amir Abu Hassan.
The Palestinian Red Crescent Society reported that it received three middle-aged Palestinian women in Jenin who were wounded by shrapnel from an Israeli air strike on a building in the refugee camp.
An Israeli soldier was also killed and five were wounded as Palestinians fight back a major Israeli onslaught on Jenin which began right after a ceasefire halted 15 months of Israeli war on Gaza. 
The Israeli military announced in a statement that sergeant Liam Hazi, 20, of the Kfir Brigade’s Haruv reconnaissance unit, from Rosh Haayin city, was killed on Thursday.
Confirming that one of the injured is in serious condition, the occupation military said that its troopers exchanged fire with at least two armed Palestinian men after entering a building in the Jenin camp. The two gunmen apparently managed to flee the scene.
The Israeli soldier’s death comes amid a major aggression by regime forces in the northern West Bank launched last week.
Local sources said armored Israeli military vehicles rolled into the camp on Thursday evening, and exchanged fire with Palestinian resistance fighters.
Tensions have been running high across the West Bank due to the Zionist regme’s war on Gaza, during which at least 47,460 people were killed and 111,580 others injured since October 7, 2023. A ceasefire and prisoner exchange agreement took effect in Gaza on January 19, suspending Israel’s genocidal war on the coastal territory.
Over the same period, at least 893 Palestinians were killed and more than 6,700 injured by Israeli forces in West Bank, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry.
The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) has reported that the Israeli military is obstructing its efforts to reach the wounded and retrieve the bodies of the deceased. 
According to the PRCS, dozens of military checkpoints and barriers have been set up across the West Bank, causing significant delays for civilians, with wait times stretching between six to eight hours.