Six killed in Israeli raid in West Bank

An Israeli air strike killed six Palestinians in Jenin on the West Bank, the Palestinian health ministry said early on Sunday.

The strike targeted a gathering of citizens in Jenin, the health ministry added in a brief statement.

Violence has intensified in the West Bank following an unprecedented attack on Israel launched from the Gaza Strip by Hamas on October 7, which resulted in the deaths of around 1,140 people, most of them civilians, according to an AFP tally based on official Israeli figures.

In response, Israel is carrying out a relentless bombardment and ground invasion that have killed at least 22,722 people, most of them women and children, according to the Hamas-run Gaza health ministry.

At least 327 Palestinians have been killed in the West Bank since the conflict broke out, according to a count by the Palestinian Authority's Ministry of Health.

The town of Jenin and its refugee camp have been the scene of repeated Israeli raids.

Israel has occupied the West Bank since the Six-Day War in 1967.