Zubeidi, who earlier escaped from Israeli Gilboa prison by digging tunnel in 2021, expected to be released on Saturday as part of prisoner swap deal - Anadolu Ajansı

Hamas fighters are once again rising up and taking back control of the streets of Gaza - even though thousands have been killed in 15 months of bloody war with Israel

Israeli Forces in Jenin were reportedly targeted by Palestinian fighters with explosive devices. This even as Israeli troops burn homes and issued evacuation orders to residents in Jenin. Israeli chief of staff Herzi Halevi said IDF’s decision to go in forcefully against Jenin refugee camp was absolutely right.

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The city of Jenin in the northern West Bank has been a flashpoint in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict for decades.

At least 10 people have been killed in the raids, and more than 40 wounded, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry. Dozens have been arrested, Palestinian officials told the Wafa news agency.

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The sudden expansion of Israeli security operations in the West Bank has killed at least 10 people and follows the start of the delicate ceasefire process in Gaza, by which Israeli hostages are released in stages and will also see the gradual withdrawal of Israeli forces.

An Israeli drone strike on a vehicle near the West Bank town of Qabatiya killed two people, the Palestinian health ministry said on Friday, the fourth day of a large-scale Israeli operation in the nearby city of Jenin launched after the truce in Gaza.

"The outline for the ceasefire in Lebanon stipulates that the IDF's phased withdrawal should be implemented within 60 days. The clause was worded this way with the understanding that the withdrawal process may continue beyond 60 days," Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said in a statement Friday.