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PA Announces Truce with Jenin Battalion in West Bank
(Times of Israel) Jacob Magid - The Palestinian Authority has reached a truce agreement with the Jenin Battalion to end a six-week standoff in the West Bank city, a Palestinian official confirmed on Friday. The PA had been targeting the battalion, made up of Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad operatives. Palestinian media reported that as PA vehicles entered the Jenin refugee camp, dozens of people gathered to chant slogans in favor of the armed groups. Arabic media reported 15 Palestinians were killed in the PA operation in Jenin, including six members of the PA security forces, eight civilians, and one terror suspect. PA forces arrested a handful of Jenin Battalion members.