JERUSALEM

Israel’s far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir shared a video of soldiers performing Jewish rituals inside a mosque in the West Bank city of Jenin.

The Israeli army has launched a military operation in the Jenin refugee camp in the northern West Bank, leaving at least 11 Palestinians dead since Tuesday, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry.

Israel’s far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir shares video of soldiers performing Jewish rituals inside mosque in West Bank city of Jenin https://t.co/Lic8B5wY6s pic.twitter.com/yJVBeeUK2J

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“A prayer performed by our heroic soldiers in a mosque in Jenin,” Ben-Gvir wrote on his Telegram account.

The video shows an Israeli soldier reciting the Shema Yisrael prayer throughout the mosque’s loudspeaker. Another soldier is heard saying that the soldiers are inside a mosque in Jenin.

No further details were provided about the exact location of the worship site.

There was no comment yet from the Israeli military on the report.

Tensions have been running high across the West Bank amid an Israeli military offensive on the Gaza Strip following a cross-border attack by Hamas on Oct. 7.

At least 288 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces and more than 4,000 others detained since then, according to Palestinian figures.

*Writing by Ahmed Asmar in Ankara