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Two Palestinians killed in Israeli raid on Jenin


An Israeli military bulldozer and a military vehicle are seen in Jenin on October 14

The Palestinian Wafa news agency is reporting that Israeli forces’ eight-hour raid on Jenin today “resulted in the killing of a child and a young man, the injury of four people and the destruction of public and private properties”.

Rayan Ibrahim al-Sayed, 17, and 23-year-old Mahmoud Mamoun Abu al-Rub were killed by Israeli gunfire.

The report added that Israeli forces have now withdrawn from al-Aloub and al-Hawashin neighborhoods inside the Jenin refugee camp as well as the centre of the West Bank city.

Israeli bulldozers also destroyed part of a house in al-Aloub neighborhood as well as “infrastructure at the Hisan Roundabout at the entrance of the camp”.

Since last October, more than 750 Palestinians have been killed in the West Bank by Israeli forces and settlers. More than 6,250 have also been wounded.


A Palestinian man inspects damage inside a building in the aftermath of an Israeli raid in Jenin camp in the occupied West Bank, October 14


Israeli forces storm village near Nablus

Israeli forces have stormed the village of Burqa, northwest of Nablus, in the occupied West Bank. Citing local sources, the Wafa news agency reported that several military vehicles broke into the village and fired live ammunition, stun grenades and tear gas.

No injuries or arrests have been reported yet.