The West Bank city of Jenin was the target of an ongoing Israeli "anti-terror" operation that claimed the lives of at least 10 Palestinians and injured as many as 40 others.

Nine Palestinians have been killed and 35 injured by Israeli forces during a major operation in Jenin in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian health ministry says.

At least 10 Palestinians, including a teenage boy, were killed, and dozens injured as Israeli forces launched a major military operation in Jenin, a city in the occupied West Bank, on Tuesday, 21 Dece