Fiercest fighting in years erupts in West Bank’s Jenin

By Ilan Ben Zion and Majdi Mohammed, Associated Press

Transcribed from the clipping

“JENIN, West Bank — Israeli troops and Palestinian militants fought for hours in the occupied West Bank on Monday in some of the fiercest fighting in years… The Health Ministry identified the dead as Khaled Asasa, 21, Qassam Abu Sariya, 29, Qais Jabarin, 21, Ahmed Daraghmeh, 19, and 15-year-old Ahmed Saqr… Hussein al-Sheikh, a senior Palestinian official, said the raid was ‘a dangerous escalation’…”

Context added by this archive

Third headline. Nobody is killed in it at all. The five names are still in the sixth paragraph, where the headline cannot reach them.

Cite this item

"Fiercest fighting in years erupts in West Bank’s Jenin," The Kansas City Star, 20 June 2023. Covering Palestine archive, CP-2023-033. https://coveringpalestine.org/archive/cp-2023-033

Elsewhere in the archive

Fiercest fighting in years erupts in West Bank camp of Jenin, at least 5 Palestinians killedChronicle-Tribune · 20 June 2023 · the same dispatch, carried by another paper
Israeli forces, Palestinian militia battle for hours in Jenin refugee camp; at least 5 killedThe Philadelphia Inquirer · 20 June 2023 · the same dispatch, carried by another paper
Fiercest fighting in years erupts in West Bank camp of JeninTampa Bay Times · 20 June 2023 · the same dispatch, carried by another paper
5 Palestinians killed in West Bank raidThe St. Augustine Record · 20 June 2023 · the same dispatch, carried by another paper
Palestine Has Made Vast Strides Despite Stubborn Racial ConflictThe Kansas City Star · 22 May 1939 · the same newspaper
Israel official’s site visit assailedNew Jersey Herald · 4 January 2023 · the same year
Visit to Jerusalem holy site stokes angerLos Angeles Times · 4 January 2023 · the same year
Israeli minister defies leadership with visit to Jerusalem flash pointThe Philadelphia Inquirer · 4 January 2023 · the same year

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