Health Ministry says two killed, multiple wounded in Jenin
The Palestinian Health Ministry in the occupied West Bank says two people have been killed and two wounded “as a result of the occupation’s aggression on Jenin”. It said the killed Palestinians were 25 and 39 years old, without providing further information.
Israeli military forces are carrying out another night of violent raids into the occupied areas, with fighting also reported in the Balata refugee camp in the city of Nablus. The Israeli military said its forces “have now begun an operation to counter terrorism in Jenin and Tulkarm”.
Israeli forces besiege hospitals in West Bank’s Tulkarem
Israeli military vehicles have surrounded the Al-Israa Specialised Hospital and the Thabet Thabet Governmental Hospital in Tulkarem, in the occupied West Bank, and are blocking ambulances as part of a major military operation in the area, the Wafa news agency is reporting.
Israeli military vehicles were also stationed on several streets across Tulkarem as well as the entrance to the Nur Shams refugee camp, where five Palestinians were killed earlier this week in an Israeli air attack.
Hundreds of Israeli troops involved in West Bank operation: Report
Israel’s YNet News is reporting that the Israeli military has launched a “major operation” in the occupied West Bank to “arrest wanted persons and destroy terrorist infrastructure”.
Hundreds of Israeli soldiers, accompanied by a “significant air escort”, have stormed three refugee camps – Jenin, Nur Shams and Far’a – in the occupied West Bank and are targeting hospitals there to prevent Palestinian fighters from reaching them, according to YNet.
Exchanges of fire are taking place in all three camps, it added.
Israeli forces cut off access to Jenin City amid intense clashes
Our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic report that Israeli forces have closed all entrances to the city of Jenin in the occupied West Bank amid a major military operation in the Palestinian territory by Israel.
Two Palestinians have been reported killed in armed clashes and local resistance fighters say they are battling the Israeli incursion with “bullets and explosive devices”. Video clips obtained and verified by Al Jazeera Arabic capture the sounds of intense gunfire and blasts in Jenin.
اندلاع اشتباكات مسلحة مع قوات الاحتلال في جنين#الجزيرة #فيديو pic.twitter.com/yBZNlsQ2aF
— الجزيرة فلسطين (@AJA_Palestine) August 27, 2024
Translation: Armed clashes erupt with occupation forces in Jenin.
Israel has launched its biggest operation in West Bank since second Intifada
Since midnight, Israeli forces have raided three areas simultaneously.
We are talking about Jenin, Tulkarem and the Jordan Valley. They’ve been reporting armed confrontations with Palestinian fighters and an intensification of their operations in the occupied West Bank.
We’ve always had Israeli raids in the occupied West Bank but since the war started, the number of these raids has more than tripled. We’re talking about about 30 to 40 Israeli raids on average. And in the past few weeks, we’ve seen an intensification in the use of aerial strikes against Palestine fighters and the Israeli military claiming they are combating the use of IEDs, which are improvised explosive devices often used by Palestinian fighters against Israeli forces.
And now we are seeing that the Israeli forces are talking about the largest operation in the north of the occupied West Bank since the year 2002, which is when the second armed Intifada broke out and the Israeli forces launched a large military operation that included invading many cities around the occupied West Bank.
Ultimately, we are talking about a situation in which Palestinians feel they are under the threat of the Israeli forces but also they’ve been under fire by Israeli settlers, who have been going on rampages and attacking Palestinian cities and towns and making Palestinian lives more and more difficult.
