Israeli army launches airstrikes against West Bank camp

Israeli airstrikes in Palestine.
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At least eight people were killed and more than 50 were wounded during an overnight military operation in the West Bank, the Palestinian Health Ministry said on Monday.

The Israeli Defense Forces said that airstrikes were carried out against "terrorist infrastructure in the Jenin area," adding that militants from the Jenin Brigades have a "unified command center" inside the Jenin refugee camp.

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Catherine Garcia is night editor for TheWeek.com. Her writing and reporting has appeared in Entertainment Weekly and EW.com, The New York Times, The Book of Jezebel, and other publications. A Southern California native, Catherine is a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.