"The IDF destroyed a short time ago a number of buildings in Jenin used as terrorist infrastructure," Israel's military said in a statement.

The sudden expansion of Israeli security operations in the West Bank has killed at least 10 people and follows the start of the delicate ceasefire process in Gaza, by which Israeli hostages are released in stages and will also see the gradual withdrawal of Israeli forces.

The Israeli military says it has killed at least 50 militants during more than two weeks of operations in the occupied West Bank, with “terrorist infrastructure” blown up in the Jenin refugee camp.

The offensive was launched on January 21 and the military said that it will continue for several more weeks. The IDF has demolished 23 buildings in the Jenin refugee camps, which it said were used by terrorists for their operations,

Israeli forces have killed two more Palestinians in the Jenin governorate in the occupied West Bank, bringing the total number of people killed in the area since the start of a major assault nearly two weeks ago to 19.

The Israeli military blew up at least 20 buildings in the West Bank city of Jenin on Sunday, staging controlled demolitions that thundered across the region, where troops have been battling local militants in an operation dubbed Iron Wall.

Thick clouds were seen rising from the Palestinian city where Israeli forces have been conducting a massive operation for nearly two weeks that the Israeli military says is targeted at local militants,

The army carried out simultaneous explosions on homes and buildings in Jenin's refugee camp which it said were 'terror infrastructure.'View on euronews