Israel’s deadly assault on Jenin enters 7th day
The Wafa news agency is reporting that the large-scale Israeli military operation on the occupied West Bank city has killed at least 16 people and wounded dozens. The latest victim was 26-year-old Abdul Jawad al-Ghoul, who died late on Sunday after being shot by Israeli forces, according to Wafa.
The agency added that Israeli forces destroyed the Cinema Roundabout in the centre of Jenin, as well as shops in the area overnight. They also continued blowing up and burning homes in the Jenin refugee camp, and have razed large parts of the al-Dam and al-Bishr neighbourhoods, it added.
Two killed in Israeli attack on West Bank’s Nur Shams camp
At least two people have been killed and three others moderately wounded by Israeli fire in an attack on the Nur Shams camp in the occupied West Bank, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry.
It said the five were brought to Tulkarem Governmental Hospital following the Israeli bombing of a vehicle in the camp.
Israeli forces raid homes, arrest 20 Palestinians near Hebron: Report
The Palestinian news agency Wafa is reporting that Israeli forces have rounded up some 20 Palestinians, including four children, during a raid on the town of Beit Ummar, north of Hebron in the occupied West Bank.
The report said Israeli soldiers raided and vandalised dozens of Palestinian homes.
Separately, Wafa said Israeli forces detained seven Palestinians, including a female university student, from the town of Beit Awwa, southwest of Hebron.
What is happening in Tulkarem?
- The Israeli military is conducting a raid near the Tulkarem camp in the northern occupied West Bank.
- The Palestinian Ministry of Health says two people have been killed and three wounded when Israeli forces struck a vehicle in the Nur Shams camp near Tulkarem.
- Witnesses say the vehicle was struck by a drone, which left it in flames.
- Local sources tell Al Jazeera that Israeli forces are deployed in several neighbourhoods in Tulkarem and reinforcements have been sent to the city. They also say those killed in the strike on the vehicle were members of Hamas.
- Hamas, in turn, has released a statement saying the strike was a “desperate attempt to eliminate the resistance”.
- The group says: “The timing of the assassination, which coincided with the occupation’s intensification of its war in the West Bank, confirms that it will not bring it [Israel] security and stability.”
- Overnight, Israeli forces also raided the town of Kafr al-Labad in the Tulkarem governorate.
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