An Israeli airstrike on the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank reportedly killed at least six people, including a Palestinian teenager and three brothers.
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 of others arrested.
"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."
"It's been called the silent war - it's 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 comes amid a military operation launched by Palestinian Authority (PA) security forces against Palestinian resistance fighters in the Jenin refugee camp over 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 Khlaishe said the drone strikes demonstrated Israel's willingness to kill Palestinians indiscriminately.
“This is a clear message sent by the Israeli occupation that every Palestinian is a target,” Khreishe told Al Jazeera.
The drone strikes also sparked anger among locals over the ongoing Palestinian Authority military operation in Jenin, Khreishe said, adding that the Palestinian Authority should now withdraw its troops from Jenin and join forces with other Palestinian groups in their opposition 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 Battalion 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 a crackdown on Jenin militants it calls "outlaws," the Palestinian Authority has suspended Al Jazeera's services in the occupied West Bank, in what is seen as a further crackdown on dissent and freedom of expression.