Israeli forces hit the city of Jenin with drone strikes on Monday as part of one of the biggest West Bank incursions in 20 years, killing at least eight people and involving hundreds of troops in gun battles that continued into the afternoon.
Drones were clearly audible overhead and the sounds of gunfire and explosives were heard across the city hours after the strikes.
The Jenin Brigades, a unit made up of militant groups based in the city's crowded refugee camp, said it was engaging Israeli forces and had shot down one of the unmanned aircraft.
At times during the morning, at least six drones could be seen circling over the city and the adjoining camp, a densely packed area housing around 14,000 refugees in less than half a square kilometre.
The camp has been at the heart of an escalation of violence across the West Bank that has triggered mounting alarm from Washington to the Arab world, without so far opening the way to a resumption of political negotiations that have been stalled for almost a decade.
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