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The Israeli army said it battled 'armed assailants' in Jenin this week, killing 'several' of them

JENIN: Around the landmark mosque in the Jenin camp for Palestinian refugees, scenes of spiking violence in the occupied West Bank play out in rhythmic fashion.

Around the landmark mosque in the Jenin camp for Palestinian refugees, scenes of spiking violence in the occupied West Bank play out in rhythmic fashion.Jenin camp -- established in 1953 -- has one of the highest rates of poverty and unemployment among the 19 refugee camps in the West Bank, according to the UN. This week the roads were scattered with "hedgehog" tank traps and scarred by tread marks which locals said were caused by Israeli bulldozers.

Around the landmark mosque in the Jenin camp for Palestinian refugees, scenes of spiking violence in the occupied West Bank play out in rhythmic fashion.Israeli forces make increasing raids, militants battle them in the streets, and posters of the dead are papered over pictures of previous "martyrs", as the tempo of a decades-old conflict is supercharged by the Israel-Hamas war."When there are funerals in the mosque, generally, sermons are given that talk about love, compassion and peace among people," Ismail Jaradat, imam of the prayer hall, told AFP.

Four people suffered injuries related to smoke inhalation due to a fire that broke out on Hamefaked Street in Jerusalem on Tuesday afternoon. The fire