Israel strikes mosque in occupied West Bank refugee camp

Israel has struck a mosque in Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank, with Palestinian medics reporting at least one person killed, reports Al Jazeera.

Israeli’s military said the strike on the Al-Ansar Mosque early on Sunday killed several “terror operatives” from Hamas and Islamic Jihad who had been using the building as a command centre to plan attacks.

Israel military officials said those killed were organising an “imminent” attack and had been involved in several attacks in recent months.

Footage on social media appeared to show heavy damage to the mosque’s exterior and medics rushing to the scene.

There were conflicting reports of causalities.

Mahmoud Al-Saadi, the director of the Red Crescent in Jenin, said one person was killed and three others were wounded in the strike, Palestinian news agency Wafa reported.

Palestinian medics had earlier told the Reuters news agency that the strike had killed two people and wounded several others.

Jenin refugee camp, which is populated by descendants of Palestinians dispossessed of their land during the establishment of Israel in 1948, was the focus of a major Israeli military offensive in July that killed at least 14 Palestinians.

The air strike is at least the second to hit the occupied West Bank in recent days._Agencies.