The Israeli military on Tuesday launched a deadly assault on Jenin in the illegally occupied West Bank, just days after a fragile ceasefire took hold in Gaza.

While the ceasefire in Gaza holds, violence has flared in the occupied West Bank, where Israeli settlers separately rampaged through Palestinian villages.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the assault on Jenin would be “extensive and significant,” as the military erected new checkpoints across the West Bank.

Israel launched a large military operation in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin on Tuesday that the Palestinian Health Ministry said had killed at least six people and wounded 35.

Truce comes after rupture said caused by IDF's resumption of airstrikes in area; members of battalion, affiliated with terror groups, to surrender arms to Ramallah after 6-week op

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The action came a day after President Donald Trump said he will lift sanctions on ultranationalist Israeli settlers who attacked Palestinian villages.

The Israeli military launched a large raid in the city of Jenin in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, killing nine people and injuring 40 others, according to Palestinian health officials.

The Israeli military said Tuesday it had launched an operation in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin, which the Palestinian ministry of health said

RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Palestinian Health Ministry says 6 killed and 35 wounded in an Israeli operation in the West Bank.