Israeli authorities have confirmed that commandos disguised as Palestinians killed three gunmen on Tuesday in a hospital in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin, one of whom they accused of planning an imminent attack.
A clip posted on social media by Israel’s police minister shows around a dozen undercover troops, including three in women’s garb and two dressed as medical staff, pacing through a hospital corridor with rifles.
The military identified one of the men as Mohammed Jalamneh, from Jenin, who it said had contacts with Hamas headquarters abroad and was planning a raid attack inspired by the October 7th massacre.
Hamas claimed one of the dead in Ibn Sina hospital as its member, while the allied faction Islamic Jihad claimed the other two, saying they were brothers.
Ibn Sina said one of the brothers had been receiving treatment for an injury that paralysed his legs.
Hamas launched a surprise raid into southern Israel on October 7 which triggered Israel’s assault on the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip and sparked a surge of violence in the West Bank, another territory where Palestinians seek statehood.
