Jenin death toll rises to seven
The latest body that arrived at Jenin Government Hospital belongs to Harith Asaad Ahmed Hashash, 19, it said.
It was not clear who the sixth person killed was as the previous death toll announcement mentioned the names of five people.
Palestinian group pledges revenge for deadly Israeli raid in West Bank’s Jenin
The Popular Resistance Committees (PRC), a loose grouping of armed factions in Gaza, has issued a statement mourning the seven men killed in an Israeli raid in Jenin and promising revenge.
“The cowardly assassinations and their [Israel’s] escalation will not break the will of our people and their resistors, nor will they extinguish the burning fire of revolution and resistance in all parts of Palestine,” the statement said.
The PRC said Israeli forces would “pay the price for their escalating crimes, and these crimes will be faced with a qualitative and quantitative escalation, regardless of the sacrifices”.
Israeli forces assault PRCS emergency crew near Nablus
The Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) says its emergency crew has been assaulted by Israeli forces in the town of Beita, south of the occupied West Bank’s Nablus.
Earlier, scenes broadcast by local Palestinian accounts on Telegram showed Israeli forces firing tear gas canisters during their incursion into the town, during which clashes with Palestinians broke out.
