SIX PALESTINIANS KILLED IN ISRAELI OFFENSIVE ON WEST BANK'S JENIN, MINISTRY SAYS

JENIN (Reuters) - Six Palestinians were killed in an Israeli military offensive on the West Bank city of Jenin on Friday, the Palestinian health ministry said.

The ministry had previously put the death toll at five people. Israel's military said in a statement its forces had encircled a building where militants had barricaded themselves in, and that an Israeli aircraft had struck targets in the area.

(Reporting by Ali Sawafta; Writing by Tala Ramadan and Christian Lowe)

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