2023-10-30 19:45:00
Israeli forces launch nighttime operation once morest Palestinian armed groups in West Bank
Israel reported new operations once morest Palestinian armed groups in the occupied West Bank overnight, as the Palestinian Health Ministry said four men had been killed in an Israeli air and ground operation in Jenin.
The four men were identified as Amir Sharbji, 25; Nawras Bajawi, 28; Wiaam Hanoun, 27; and Mousa Jabarin, 23 years old. Five other people were injured, two of them in critical condition, according to health authorities. Israel declared that Hanoun was a leading member of Islamic Jihad.
The Israeli military said the Jenin operation was one of several carried out across the West Bank. Others took place in Hebron and in various towns in the territory.
According to Palestinian eyewitnesses in Jenin, the Israeli army launched two airstrikes on the refugee camp, causing severe damage to buildings.
In other videos obtained by CNN, an Israeli bulldozer can be seen repeatedly driving into a building, apparently attempting to tear down the ground floor façade.
Another video shows the arched gates at the camp’s entrance being destroyed as an excavator moves back and forth toward the structure.
Other videos record intense bursts of gunfire.
In a statement issued Monday morning, Israeli authorities – using biblical terms to refer to the West Bank – said: “At the end of a comprehensive arrest operation to thwart terrorism and confiscate weapons tonight, 51 wanted people were arrested. in Judea and Samaria, of which 38 were operatives of the terrorist organization Hamas.
The statement said Israeli forces had located and destroyed what they said was a booby-trapped observation post, as well as a vehicle in which “munitions and military materiel were found.”
The latest fatalities bring to 121 the total number of Palestinians killed in the West Bank since October 7, according to data from the Palestinian Ministry of Health.
According to the UN humanitarian affairs office, that figure is equivalent to more than a third of all Palestinians killed in the West Bank by soldiers or settlers since the beginning of 2023.
Some background: Jenin is located north of the Israeli-occupied West Bank and has been officially under the administration of the Palestinian Authority since 1993.
The city is home to a densely populated refugee camp, which has been the center of this week’s raids. It was created in 1953 for Palestinians uprooted from their homes following the creation of Israel in 1948. Decades later, it is now an urbanized area with houses, shops and schools, but it has one of the highest poverty rates of all refugee camps. of the West Bank, according to the UN.
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