Angry Palestinians question own leadership after Israel’s Jenin raid

Angry crowds in Jenin confronted senior Palestinian Authority officials at a funeral on Wednesday as fury boiled over at the weakness of their response to one of the largest Israeli military operations in the occupied West Bank in years.

The two-day operation, which the Israeli military said targeted infrastructure and weapons depots in the Jenin refugee camp, left a trail of wrecked streets and burned-out cars and sparked fury across the Arab world.

 At a funeral for 10 of the dead, three senior leaders of the Palestinian Authority - the body that exercises nominal governance over parts of the West Bank - were forced to leave after being confronted with a crowd of thousands, including dozens of gunmen, chanting “Get out! Get out!” Following the withdrawal of the Israeli force on Tuesday evening, leaders of Iranian-backed Islamic Jihad and other armed groups claimed victory, and the mood among residents returning home to the camp appeared defiant.