The Israeli army launched a large-scale military operation on Sunday/ Monday night on the Jenin camp in the northern West Bank.

 

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Edited by| Christian Megan

 

Middle East  section -  CJ journalist

 

Jenin - West Bank - July,3,2023

 

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Israeli Army Radio said that more than a thousand soldiers and dozens of drones are participating in the military operation on Jenin.

The operation began with multiple air strikes, and camp residents said that it included the launch of a rocket from the air, which led to the outbreak of

Clashes with firearms.

The Palestinian Health Ministry said that at least four Palestinians were killed and 27 others were injured, including seven in serious condition،

In an airstrike carried out by an Israeli warplane.

According to Palestinian sources, Israeli planes bombed the Freedom Theater in the Jenin camp this morning, and there were no casualties

Injuries.

The Palestine Red Crescent Society also said that there were injuries that medical crews were unable to reach due to the destruction that

He was succeeded by Israeli bulldozers in Jenin. She added that her crews dealt with several injuries, the most serious of which were transferred to hospitals in

Embryo and beyond.

A Palestinian ambulance driver, Khaled Al-Ahmad, told Reuters news agency that what is happening in the Jenin camp is a " war

Real".

In a tweet, the Israeli military said it was bombing the "terrorists' infrastructure in the Jenin area".

"We will not stand idly by while terrorists continue to harm civilians using the Jenin camp as a hideout," he added, Considering that the camp

As a "stronghold of terrorists".

The Israeli army and the internal security service (Shin Bet) announced in a joint statement the targeting of the headquarters of Palestinian factions in Jenin

He said that the targeted headquarters used an observation point and an assembly to arm the elements.

He also stressed that he will continue the military operation in Jenin as long as necessary.

Meanwhile, Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Galant said that the security forces worked intensively against what he described as

Terrorism in Jenin, adding that the security system is ready to deal with every scenario.

The Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper reported that planning for the military operation now taking place in Jenin began almost a year ago, where

It has undergone several modifications and updates and has been postponed several times, and the goal of the operation is to restore deterrence in the north bank.

In contrast, the Jenin Battalion, a military umbrella that includes militants from the Fatah, Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad factions, said:

"We will fight the occupation forces to the last breath and bullet, working together and United from all factions and military formations,"he said.

The Jenin Battalion announced that its fighters directly targeted a tiger type armored vehicle with a number of canisters.

A resident of the camp told the BBC that"a column of Israeli army vehicles penetrated the outskirts of the camp from several streets".

Dozens of armed and masked Palestinians were deployed in the alleys of the camp.

Also in the early hours of the morning, I witnessed the setting of car tires on fire by the camp residents, and I heard through

Loudspeakers in mosques, calls for the support of militants from the Jenin Battalion.

According to the news agency Reuters, at least six drones flew at low altitude over the city. Not announced

The Israeli army has so far, if it used a drone during the military operation.

Last month, the Israeli army killed at least six Palestinians during an airstrike on the Jenin camp, the first time

The first time in years that attack helicopters have been used in the West Bank. Seven Israeli soldiers were wounded in the attack.

The Palestinian presidency called the Israeli military operation in the city of Jenin and its camp "a new war crime against the people

The defenseless Palestinian".

Presidential spokesman Nabil Abu Rudeina called on the international community to "break its silence and take serious action to force

Israel must stop its aggression and be held accountable for all these crimes,"he said.

The Palestinian Islamic Jihad Movement also said in a statement that "all options are open to strike the enemy, in response to his aggression in

Embryo".

She added: "Jenin will not give up, and our fighters are determined to confront and fight no matter what the sacrifices are," she said, loading " the enemy

The Zionist is fully responsible for everything that will result from this aggression,"he said.

Ismail Haniyeh, head of the Hamas political bureau, said, "the blood that is shed on the land of Jenin will determine the nature of the stage

Coming in all directions and paths".

The spokesman of the Hamas movement from Gaza, Mohammed Hamada, blamed " the occupation is fully responsible for its blatant aggression and bombing

During it, without discrimination, safe (civilians), homes and mosques,"he said.

In the same context, Fatah spokesman Munther Al-Hayek said that " the occupation imagines that it can kill the Militant Spirit of

During his terror and his incursions into Palestinian camps," he said.

The northern West Bank city of Jenin and the adjacent refugee camp are the site of frequent confrontations between Israeli forces

And Palestinian militants.

The Israeli army regularly launches raids in the area, which is nominally under the control of the Palestinian Authority headed by Mahmoud Abbas.

 

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