The Israeli military said on Thursday that its forces killed two armed Palestinians in Jenin during the night, as its major campaign in the northern West Bank city enters its third day. It said the men were confronted near Jenin,

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.

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

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.

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 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

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.

Truce in war-battered Gaza continues to hold as Palestinians return home to vast devastation and vow to reconstruct.

The ceasefire in Gaza between Israel and Hamas stretched into a fifth day on Thursday. Humanitarian aid groups are working to surge food and supplies to the war-ravaged territory as Palestinians scour through mountains of rubble looking for bodies of those killed by Israeli bombardments during the 15-month war.

In the days since a fragile ceasefire took hold in the Gaza Strip, Israel has launched a major military operation in the occupied West Bank.