For today, links to five reports: from Middle East Monitor, Middle East Eye, and Reuters; others are accessible by clicking on their names below. (GAZA, SYRIA and UKRAINE entries for this date are HERE, HERE, and HERE.) — MCM
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10 Palestinians killed in Israel airstrike in West Bank.From Middle East Monitor. At least ten Palestinians were killed and four others were seriously injured last night when an Israeli drone targeted them in Tamun town, southeast of Tubas in the occupied West Bank, according to medical sources according to the Palestinian Information Centre. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for report from Middle East Eye and HERE for Jan. 28 report from the Cradle.
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FROM JAN. 29 Israel’s military operation in West Bank ‘may continue for several days,’ army says. From Middle East Monitor. Israeli occupation forces’ ongoing military operation in the northern West Bank “may continue for several days and possibly longer . . . as long as necessary to achieve its security goals,” a military spokesperson told Anadolu on Wednesday. READ MORE . . .
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FROM JAN. 29 Israeli troops to remain in Janin refugee camp, defence minister says, by Raneen Sawafta, James Mackenzie and Ali Sawafta | Reuters JENIN, West Bank / JERUSALEM / RAMALLAH — Israeli troops will remain in the Palestinians’ Jenin refugee camp once the large-scale raid they launched last week is complete, Defence Minister Israel Katz said on Wednesday as a crackdown in the occupied West Bank extended into a second week. READ MORE . . .