Israeli military raid on Jenin leaves Palestinians ‘bleeding out in the streets'
It’s the Israeli military’s biggest operation in the occupied West Bank since the start of the new year. Israeli forces say they are targeting what they call “terrorism” in the Jenin refugee camp.
Dozens of Palestinians have been injured, including children. Others on the receiving end of Israel fire were bleeding out in the streets of Jenin as Israeli forces blocked ambulances from reaching them.
The raid comes after a standoff between fighters in the Jenin camp and the Palestinian Authority, after more than a month of siege. Elsewhere in the occupied West Bank, Israeli forces arrested 64 Palestinians. This time, in Qalqilya.
Palestinians in the occupied West Bank face constant threats living under Israeli occupation. Army raids coupled with violent settler attacks have significantly increased since the start of Israel’s war on Gaza. Now with President Trump back in the White House, Palestinians fear the situation will only get worse.
Israeli forces storm West Bank’s Aida refugee camp; reinforcements deploy in Jenin
Our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic report that Israel’s military has launched an early morning raid on the Aida refugee camp located north of Bethlehem and raids are also reported in Tulkarem city in the north of the occupied West Bank.
Local Palestinian media also report that Israeli forces came under fire while storming the al-Ein refugee camp, located west of Nablus, earlier this morning.
Israeli military reinforcements are also reported to have deployed at checkpoints and roads near the Jenin refugee camp, where at least 10 people were killed by Israeli forces on Tuesday as well as dozens injured.
The view from the Aida refugee camp of an Israeli military watch tower and Israel’s separation wall between the Palestinian town of Bethlehem and Israeli areas, as seen in 2013
Masked Israeli settlers brought ‘incendiary materials’ to raid on Palestinian villages
A young Palestinian searches through the burnout remains of a building on Tuesday, a day after masked men raided the Palestinian village of Jinsafut in the occupied West Bank
The dozens of masked Israeli men that raided the Palestinian villages of Jinsafut and Funduq near Jerusalem on Monday night, injuring at least 12 people, came prepared to set fire to cars and buildings, a local official said.
Jalal Bashir, the head of Jinsafut’s village council, said that the men attacked three houses, a nursery and a carpentry shop located on the village’s main road. “The settlers were masked and had incendiary materials,” Bashir told the Associated Press news agency. “Their numbers were large and unprecedented.”
Louay Tayem, head of the local council in Funduq, said the dozens of settlers who raided the town fired shots, threw stones, burned cars, and attacked homes and shops.
The Palestine Red Crescent Society said it treated 12 local people who were beaten by the settlers.
A man stands near a bulldozer that was burnt in the attack
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