Israel’s Raid on Jenin, in Photos

Israel’s most forceful incursion into the occupied West Bank for years has drawn to an end, the country’s military said on Wednesday.

Beginning around 1 a.m. Monday and heralded by intense drone strikes, the operation sent about 1,000 troops into the narrow streets and alleyways of the Jenin refugee camp, accompanied by armored vehicles, in what Israeli officials described as an effort to root out armed militants after months of growing violence.

The incursion killed at least 12 Palestinians, left one Israeli soldier dead and led thousands to flee their homes.

On Tuesday, eight Israelis were injured in a car-ramming and stabbing attack in Tel Aviv. On Wednesday, Israel said that it had intercepted five rockets fired from the Gaza Strip and that its fighter jets had struck sites in Gaza in response. The events raised fears of an escalation of tit-for-tat violence.

This year has been one of the deadliest for Palestinians in the West Bank in more than a decade, with more than 150 killed over the past six months. Most died in armed clashes during Israeli military raids or while carrying out attacks, though some were civilian bystanders. It has also been one of the deadliest years for Israelis in some time, with at least 24 killed in Arab attacks, nearly all civilians.

Israeli military officials said that more than 50 shooting attacks against Israeli targets had been carried out in the past six months from the Jenin area, a stronghold for Palestinian militant groups, and that the operation there aimed to “break the safe-haven mind-set” of the camp. A member of the local committee that administers the camp said that the incursion had transformed it into “a war zone in the full meaning of the word.”

Here is a selection of images that have emerged since the Israeli operation began.

Wednesday

Wrecked cars in the Jenin refugee camp after Israeli troops withdrew.

A damaged apartment in Jenin.

A mass funeral for Palestinians killed during the incursion.

The burial of a Palestinian killed in clashes with Israeli forces.

Mourners during the funeral.

Wrecked cars left in an alleyway.

Damage in the streets of Jenin after the Israeli forces’ withdrawal.

Israel carried out airstrikes on the Gaza Strip in response to rocket fire.

Tuesday

An Israeli armored vehicle firing tear gas during a military operation in Jenin.

Residents of the Jenin refugee camp fled their homes as the Israeli military pressed on with its operation.

Tires burned during clashes in Jenin.

A Palestinian wounded in a confrontation with Israeli forces.

Israeli soldiers fired tear gas canisters in Jenin.

Damage caused by the incursion in Jenin.

Inspecting bodies in the morgue of a hospital in Jenin.

Israeli Army vehicles in the Jenin refugee camp.

A protester threw stones during clashes with Israeli forces in Hebron.

Several Israelis were wounded in what the authorities said was a car-ramming and stabbing attack in Tel Aviv.

The Israeli authorities said a civilian shot and killed the assailant in the attack.

An Israeli police officer and a Palestinian scuffled during a protest in the east of Jerusalem against the Israeli military operation in Jenin.

A destroyed car in the wake of the Israeli Army operation.

Israeli soldiers evacuating wounded people near the Muqeibila border crossing between Israel and the West Bank.

Monday

Palestinians fleeing the refugee camp.

Palestinians running for cover during clashes with Israeli soldiers.

Palestinian armed militants during clashes with Israeli soldiers in the city of Jenin.

Israeli drones over Jenin during the military operation.

A wounded Palestinian man being brought into a hospital.

Palestinian youths burned tires and waste during the clashes.

About 1,000 Israeli troops were taking part in the operation.

Carrying a wounded Israeli soldier to be transferred by a military helicopter to a hospital.

Palestinian youths coming face to face with an Israeli armored vehicle.