On January 26, the United States called for a reduction in tensions following Palestinian militants and at least one civilian were killed in an anti-terror operation by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) in the West Bank at dawn on the same day (local time). direction).
“We underscore the urgent need for all parties to de-escalate, prevent further loss of civilian life, and work together to improve the situation,” State Department spokesman Ned Price said. security in the West Bank”.
BL occurred when the IDF carried out an attack on a refugee camp in Jenin, killing 9 Palestinians and wounding 20.
The Palestinian Authority considered this a “massacre” and immediately issued a statement suspending security cooperation with Israel throughout the West Bank.
On the same day, the United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Tor Wennesland expressed concern regarding the continuing BL spiral in the West Bank, the latest being the above incident.
According to Mr. Wennesland, casualties in clashes at a refugee camp in the city of Jenin on the West Coast are the clearest evidence of the trend of escalating BL.
The UN official urged the Israeli and Palestinian authorities to refrain from and avoid acts of violence in the near future, implement immediate de-escalation, and prevent human losses.
Mr. Wennesland noted that, since the beginning of 2023, the world continues to see high levels of BL and a number of other negative trends that were characteristic of 2022 related to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. .
Also on January 26, following the Israeli raid, the Hamas movement in the Gaza Strip and the Palestinian Islamic jihadist group (PIJ) in the West Bank called on the Palestinians to rise up to retaliate. Israeli authorities are concerned regarding a new wave of BL following this incident.
