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Israeli forces launched a third day of operations on Monday around the flashpoint city of Jenin in Palestine’s illegally occupied West Bank, following heavy gun battles in recent days and overnight arrests, Israel’s army said. It comes as Israeli troops on Sunday shot dead a Palestinian widow because she looked “suspicious” as she walked near a checkpoint close to the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem, according to an Israeli forces spokesperson, who confirmed that she was unarmed. The military claimed she had approached and failed to stop after they had fired warning shots, but footage sha…