JENIN, West Financial institution (Reuters) – No less than one particular person was killed as Palestinian safety forces clashed with Palestinian militants and set up checkpoints on Saturday within the occupied West Financial institution metropolis of Jenin, residents and medics mentioned.

Gunshots and explosions could possibly be heard within the metropolis, the place friction has risen in latest days between militant factions and the Western-backed Palestinian Authority (PA) of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas following raids by the PA.

Residents recognized the person who was killed as a militant although not one of the factions instantly confirmed his affiliation.

The PA’s safety department mentioned in an announcement that its forces had been endeavor a safety operation to revive regulation and order to Jenin’s historic refugee camp suburb, a stronghold of Palestinian militants alienated from the Palestinian management.

The Palestinian militant group Hamas, which has been preventing Israeli forces in Gaza for greater than a 12 months, condemned the PA for the Jenin operation and its allied group Islamic Jihad referred to as for a day of protests.

Jenin has additionally been a hotbed of battle between the Palestinian militant teams and the Israeli army lately. Since March 2022, Jenin and outlying areas within the north of the West Financial institution have drawn intensified Israeli raids after a spate of Palestinian avenue assaults.