Death toll rises to 10

Good morning MEE readers. 

Shelling and fighting continued overnight in Jenin, in the second day of Israel's large-scale operation in the occupied West Bank city. 

The death toll has now risen to 10, after a Palestinian wounded on Monday was confirmed dead overnight, and the body of a man hit by Israeli fire was found in the morning. At least 100 others were wounded.

Around 3,000 Palestinian civilians fled their homes in the Jenin refugee camp on Monday night, according to the Palestinian Red Crescent.

In the early hours of Tuesday, Israeli warplanes continued its operation, with a series of explosions heard in the al-Damej neighbourhood, and columns of smoke visible shortly afterwards.

Drones were also seen flying over the camp, according to local reports, in what was a relative lull in fighting compared to yesterday.

Israeli National Security Adviser Tzachi Hanebi indicated that the assault was nearing its end, telling Kan Radio that the operation was "close to completing the achievement of the goal set".

Monday's offensive, which involved drones, Apache attack helicopters, and ground forces including army bulldozers, was widely described as one of the worst Israeli attacks on Jenin in two decades.