Israeli strike on Jenin comes as Katz promises to expand raids
Several Palestinians have been killed after the Israeli military carried out a drone strike in the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank. They say it was coordinated with Shin Bet, the Israeli internal security agency, and have refused to give further details.
The Israeli media is reporting that the target of that attack was a known fighter in the Palestinian camp.
The Israeli military has been conducting near-nightly raids in the occupied West Bank since the war on Gaza began, killing nearly 800 Palestinians and arresting several thousand others.
In fact, the Israeli defence minister says Israel will continue this policy across the occupied West Bank and will not allow the territory to “turn into Gaza”. He also says Israel will expand these operations beyond what they are now.
The air strike in Jenin is quite significant, because it’s the first in nearly a month since the Palestinian Authority has been carrying out and conducting its own raids in the refugee camp for the last several weeks.
Israeli helicopter evacuates soldiers wounded in attack near Jenin
Palestinian fighters have struck an Israeli military bulldozer with an explosive device in the occupied West Bank town of Qabatiya, south of Jenin, according to the Palestinian Information Center.
An Israeli helicopter has landed in the town to transport the wounded soldiers to hospital. The military has now confirmed that three Israeli soldiers were injured in the incident. Two of them, from the Menashe Brigade, suffered serious injuries, while a reservist from the Kfir Brigade suffered minor injuries.
The Israeli military has also stormed several locations across the occupied West Bank over recent hours, including:
- The city of Qalqilya, where a Palestinian man has been arrested
- The city of Dura, south of Hebron
- The town of Asira al-Shamaliya, north of Nablus
- The Qalandiya camp and the Kafr Aqab neighbourhood, north of occupied East Jerusalem
- The city of Tulkarem
Israeli forces arrest several Palestinians across occupied West Bank
Israeli forces have detained a number of people across the occupied West Bank today, the Wafa news agency is reporting:
- The director of the Freed Prisoners Association, Muhammad Hamida, told the agency that the Israeli forces arrested Hamza Salama al-Rashaydeh, his brother Ayoub, and Laith Hashem Rashaydeh, in the village of Rashayida, east of Bethlehem, after raiding and searching their families’ homes.
- Three people from Qalqilya city – Wael Badawi, Nidal Za’rab, and Abdullah Abu Sneineh – were arrested after Israeli forces stormed the city, local sources told Wafa.
- Local sources reported that soldiers stopped the vehicle of Abed Musa Mazloum, near the military tower between the villages of Ras Karkar and Kafr Nima, northwest of Ramallah, took him out of the vehicle and handcuffed him alongside his son Iyad.
- Two men were also arrested in the Nablus governorate. Muhammad Ahmad al-Halabi was arrested in the village of Rojib, east of Nablus, and Ihab Shuli in the town of Asira ash-Shamaliya, north of the city, according to security sources.
Israel arrests youth putting up anti-genocide posters near Jerusalem
The Israeli police have announced the arrest of a 21-year-old suspect from the illegal Israeli settlement of Givat Binyamin on charges of serious incitement against Israel and the army after he hung posters in the area containing inciting messages against the army.
The posters he hung included phrases such as “All army soldiers are involved in genocide in Gaza” and were illustrated with the Palestinian flag and “Israel is a terrorist state”. The police revealed in their investigation that he admitted to belonging to pro-Palestinian groups.
During the investigation, his digital devices were examined, where material described as inciting was found.
Six Palestinians killed by Israel in West Bank’s Jenin: Qassam Brigades
Hamas’s armed wing, the Qassam Brigades, says four of those killed by Israeli forces were its members, identifying them as Baha Ibrahim Abu al-Haija (33), Moamen Ibrahim Abu al-Haija (28), Amir Ibrahim Abu al-Haija (27) and Ibrahim Mustafa Qanari (23).
Its statement identified the other two victims as Hussam Hassan Qanuh and Mahmoud Ashraf Gharbiyeh.
The Palestinian Information Center shared a couple of graphic videos showing their bloodied bodies and people mourning them.
At least 12 Palestinians arrested in occupied West Bank: Prisoners’ groups
Israeli forces have arrested at least 12 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank since yesterday evening until this morning, according to the Commission of Prisoners and Ex-Prisoners Affairs and the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS).
The arrests came in the governorates of Tulkarem, Bethlehem, Nablus, Qalqilya and Ramallah, according to the statement issued on Telegram.
“The occupation forces continue to carry out extensive raids and abuse during arrest campaigns, accompanied by attacks and threats against detainees and their families, in addition to acts of vandalism and destruction in citizens’ homes,” the groups said.
Israeli attack kills four in Jenin: Health Ministry
The Palestinian Health Ministry says the Israeli attack on Jenin has killed at least four people, whose bodies have reached the Jenin Government Hospital. The Israeli military had said earlier that it attacked a target in the area.
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