Seven Palestinians were killed in an Israeli military offensive on the West Bank city of Jenin on July 5, the Palestinian health ministry said.The ministry had previously put the death toll at five people. Israel’s military said in a statement its forces had encircled a building where militants had barricaded themselves in, and that an Israeli aircraft had struck targets in the area.Reuters video showed Palestinians assessing damage after the Israeli army withdrew from the scene.People and armed men held a funeral procession for some of the Palestinians killed during the Israeli raid.The Israeli operation in Jenin was the latest in a series of clashes in the West Bank between Israeli forces and Palestinians. The violence had been escalating for more than two years but picked up in intensity since Hamas fighters, based in the coastal enclave of Gaza, led an attack on Israel last October.