Hundreds of Jenin residents left their homes on Thursday, prompted by messages from drones fitted with loudspeakers, witnesses said, as the military demolished a number of houses on the third day of a major operation in the West Bank city.

An Israeli military operation continues in the Jenin camp in the occupied West Bank amid fierce clashes with Palestinian groups.

The Israeli military says its soldiers killed an alleged militant in Gaza whom it said posed a threat to its forces.

Gunfire and explosions rocked the Jenin area of the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, an AFP journalist reported, as the Israeli military kept up a

Israeli troops raiding Jenin in the occupied West Bank have set homes in the area ablaze, the Wafa news agency reports.

Gaza's Civil Defense reported that the number of bodies recovered from under the rubble in Rafah has risen to 137 since the truce began.

Israel says it will maintain control of the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip during the first phase of the ceasefire with Hamas. A statement by Prime

An Israeli tank killed two Palestinians west of Gaza's Rafah on Thursday, the Gaza civil defense said. Israel and Hamas agreed to halt fighting in Gaza in a deal that went into effect on Sunday.

Israel says troops fired on masked gunmen in Gaza, but it remains committed to the ceasefire as it continues a new offensive in the West Bank.

Israel’s top general has resigned, citing the security and intelligence failures related to Hamas’ surprise attack that triggered the war in the Gaza Strip. Lt. Gen.

The UN says 808 aid trucks entered Gaza on Wednesday as Israel’s raid left West Bank’s Jenin ‘nearly uninhabitable’.