Jenin Brigades — an umbrella group of Palestinians fighting against the Israeli occupation — have claimed responsibility for an improvised explosive device (IED) attack on Israeli military vehicles in the occupied West Bank, according to Al Jazeera Arabic.

The Brigades said in a statement that a “highly explosive device” was prepared in advance and detonated against “enemy vehicles” at the entrance to the town of Silat al-Harithiya in Jenin.

There were no initial reports of casualties.

The Nablus battalion of the al-Quds Brigades, the armed wing of Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), also reported “battles” with Israeli forces in several areas of the Old City in Nablus.

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