Three Israeli security personnel were killed in a shooting at a Hebron checkpoint, as Israeli occupation brought reinforcements into the occupied West Bank’s Jenin as part of its ongoing deadly raids.

The shooting on Sunday took place as the Israeli army continued its deadly assault on Jenin for a fifth consecutive day killing at least 24 Palestinians.

A little-known armed group calling itself the Khalil al-Rahman Brigade claimed responsibility. Hamas praised the attack as a “natural response” to the war in Gaza and called for more.

Israeli occupation has killed more than 500 people as it intensified operations in the West Bank since it launched a war on Gaza on October 7.