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Palestinian medics say at least one person killed in strike on the Al-Ansar mosque.

Israel has struck a compound beneath a mosque in the occupied West Bank, with Palestinian medics reporting that at least one person was killed.

Israeli’s military said the strike on the Al-Ansar Mosque, located in Jenin refugee camp, killed several “terror operatives” from Hamas and Islamic Jihad who had been using the building as a command centre to plan attacks.

Intelligence “revealed that the Mosque was used as a command centre to plan and execute terrorist attacks against civilians”, Israel’s military said.

Footage on social media appeared to show heavy damage to the mosque’s exterior and medics rushing to the scene.

There were conflicting reports of causalities.

Palestinian medics said at least one person was killed after earlier telling the Reuters news agency that a strike on the Jenin refugee camp had killed two and wounded several others.

Al Jazeera’s Sara Khairat Saud, who is in the occupied West Bank, said that witnesses at the Jenin refugee camp heard and saw a fighter jet taking many by surprise as it is usual for Israel to carry out air attacks in the West Bank.

The air strike is at least the second to hit the occupied West Bank in recent days.

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