Israeli forces kill at least 9 Palestinian militants in West Bank

Israeli forces launched raids and airstrikes Wednesday in the occupied West Bank, killing at least nine Palestinian militants and surrounding the volatile city of Jenin.

The Israeli military said "large forces" had entered Jenin, long a militant stronghold, as well as Tulkarem and the Al-Faraa refugee camps, which date back to the 1948 Mideast war, all in the northern West Bank.

Lieutenant Colonel Nadav Sho