A Palestinian militia leader in Jenin offered to halt violence if Israel leaves the area around the West Bank city. If the army “leaves Jenin and does not come back,” there is “no need to pick up a gun,” Zekariya Zubeidi, head of the Al-Aksa Brigade in the city, told Israel Radio on Monday.
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