Israeli forces withdraw from Jenin refugee camp, ending days-long siege

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The Israeli military has withdrawn from the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank, Al Jazeera reports, citing local media.

Twelve Palestinians have been killed in the days-long siege which began on Tuesday, including four children, a doctor and a teacher.

The Israeli military has claimed it was carrying out a “counterterrorism” operation in the city, but witnesses have described Israeli forces shooting at people indiscriminately in the streets.

Video clips from the raid show an Israeli soldier kicking one of several Palestinian detainees, who were forced to kneel on a road in their underwear.

Israeli soldiers also fired at an Al Jazeera crew in Jenin as one of our correspondents was preparing to go live, wounding a staff member at a nearby hotel.

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