Settlers attack Israeli soldiers, Palestinian vehicle near illegal West Bank outpost
Israeli settlers have attacked Israeli soldiers and a Palestinian vehicle near a recently destroyed illegal outpost in the occupied West Bank, Israel’s Army Radio reports.
Ten settlers attacked Israeli soldiers stationed at the Givat Assaf Junction near Tzur Harel, east of Ramallah, with rocks. On Wednesday, Israeli authorities evacuated and destroyed an illegal outpost in the area.
Army Radio also reports that the settlers threw rocks at a Palestinian vehicle near the city of Nablus, injuring a Palestinian girl. A security official told Army Radio that attacks from extremist settlers in the occupied West Bank are growing as they “are getting a boost from politicians”.
Israeli military says its carrying out operation in Jenin
The Israeli military has said that its forces have surrounded a “building where terrorists are entrenched and exchange fire with the terrorists” in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin.
“During the exchange of fire, an aircraft attacked a squad of armed terrorists,” it said in a post on X, without providing further details.
Brother of al-Quds Brigades Jenin Battalion founder among 4 killed in Israeli raid: Reports
Ahmad al-Amouri, a brother of the founder of the al-Quds Brigades Jenin Battalion Jamil al-Amouri, was killed during an Israeli military operation in the occupied West Bank’s Jenin refugee camp, according to local reports.
Wissam Bakr, director of the Jenin Government Hospital, confirmed that four bodies were brought to the hospital, alongside seven critically wounded people, the Wafa news agency reports.
Israeli military units stormed Jenin with multiple military vehicles early today and encircled a house, Wafa reports.
The Israelis used loudspeakers to demand the surrender of one of those inside, before attacking the house with a shoulder-fired missile, it added.
Israeli forces surround hospital in Jenin
Wissam Bakr, director of the Jenin Governmental Hospital, says Israeli forces have surrounded his medical facility in the occupied West Bank’s Jenin where a military raid is continuing.
We reported earlier that the hospital received the bodies of four Palestinians killed by Israeli forces, alongside seven critically wounded people.
Four dead identified after Israeli raid on house in West Bank’s Jenin: Report
The Palestinian media outlets named the dead as Qusay Amjad Shehadeh Hwaiti, Ahmed al-Amouri, Sheikh Yassin from Jalqamous and Fouad al-Ashqar Jaradat.
Caption translation: Clashes continue around the house, which is besieged by the occupation forces in the “Harsh al-Saada” area in Jenin amid heavy smoke.
