<div style="text-align: justify; "><b style="font-size: 1rem;">Around 3,000 Palestinians residing in the Jenin refugee camp have fled since the Israeli army launched a major operation in the area in the occupied West Bank Monday, a Palestinian official said.</b><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"There are about 3,000 people who have left the camp so far," Jenin deputy governor Kamal Abu al-Roub told AFP, adding that arrangements were being made to house them in schools and other shelters in the city of Jenin.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">He said about 18,000 Palestinians reside in the camp.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Juliette Touma, spokeswoman for the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees, confirmed to AFP that residents of the camp were leaving.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In the early hours of Monday, Israeli forces launched a large-scale operation in the occupied West Bank that involved air strikes and hundreds of troops.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The Palestinian health ministry said eight people were killed in the operation and at least 80 others were injured. AFP</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd24/kh</div>