Israel’s military has launched air raids on the Jenin refugee camp in the northern occupied West Bank, carrying out an ongoing attack that involved a missile and the killing of at least four Palestinians, according to residents and officials, writes Al Jazeera.

Residents said Israel launched at least 10 air attacks in Jenin early on Monday, sending smoke billowing from the wreckage of buildings. A convoy with dozens of Israeli armoured vehicles also surrounded the refugee camp from all sides and launched a ground military operation, causing heavy damage to homes and roads.

Another Palestinian, 21-year-old Mohammad Hasanein, was killed overnight on Monday by the Israeli army at the northern entrance to the city of Ramallah in the central occupied West Bank, the health ministry said.

The ministry has yet to identify the four people killed in Jenin. At least 27 other Palestinians were injured in the camp, including eight in severe condition.

The Palestinian Authority’s foreign ministry said on Monday morning it “condemns in the strongest terms the barbaric aggression of the occupation against our people in Jenin and its camp”, and held the Israeli government responsible.

It noted that the Israeli aggression targeted “defenseless civilians, including targeting ambulances, crews, and health centers, depriving them of treating the wounded, targeting mosques and homes, and destroying infrastructure”.

The ministry said it “calls for urgent international and American intervention to stop the aggression immediately, and calls on the International Criminal Court to break its silence and start holding the Israeli war criminals accountable”.