AMMAN — Israeli forces have
killed at least nine Palestinians and wounded over a dozen others during an
ongoing large-scale raid and ensuing armed violence in the Jenin refugee camp
in the northern occupied West Bank, Al Jazeera reported.
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The Palestinian Presidency called
what is happening in the city of Jenin and the Jenin Refugee Camp as a
“massacre” carried out by the Israeli government.
According to Palestinian officials
an elderly woman has been reported among the dead.
Sixteen others were injured with
live ammunition, and three are in critical condition, as per the latest
reports.
This is considered one of the
deadliest days in the occupied West Bank since Israeli forces intensified raids
at the start of 2022.
Only one of the nine people killed
has been identified so far as 24-year-old Saeb Issam Zreiqi.
Injuries are continuing to pour
into hospitals, and Israeli forces are obstructing the work of ambulances and
medics, health officials said.
Tear gasIsraeli forces also fired tear gas
canisters towards the hospital which seeped into the children’s division, Wissam
Baker, head of Jenin public hospital, told Al Jazeera.
This caused causing suffocation
injuries including among children, he added.
Israel confirmed that an operation
was under way in Jenin on Thursday, but did not immediately provide further
details.
Israeli forces launched a
large-scale raid and besieged the camp in the early hours with undercover
forces, dozens of armored vehicles and snipers. Armed violence with Palestinian
resistance fighters soon broke out.
Jenin is among areas of the
northern West Bank where Israel has intensified raids over the past year, in an
attempt to crack down on growing armed Palestinian resistance.
The number of Palestinians killed
by Israeli forces during raids in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem in
January has risen to at least 29 people, including five children.
More than 170 Palestinians were
killed in such raids in 2022, many of them civilians.
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