Israel on Tuesday carried out a drone strike in Jenin, amid a campaign by the Palestinian Authority to clamp down on terror factions in the northern West Bank city.

The Palestinian Authority health ministry reported at least six dead in strike, including a teenager.

The IDF released a statement confirming it carried out the attack in a joint operation with the Shin Bet, without immediately providing further information.

The strike was in the Jenin refugee camp, which has been overtaken by various armed groups over the past year.

It was the first strike that the IDF has conducted in the camp where the PA’s own security forces have been operating for roughly a month, trying to clamp down on terrorist activity.

The Israeli strike risks undermining the PA effort, analysts and its security apparatus warned.

“The pre-planned intervention … thwarts all efforts being made to maintain security and order and........

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