The Israeli army launched a military operation this morning in the city of Jenin and the refugee camp in the occupied West Bank, including attacks. DronesAn operation which the British carried out daily Guardian Describes the largest in nearly two decades in the occupied West Bank.
So far, eight Palestinians have died and around 50 have been injured, including ten in critical condition, according to an Israeli daily. Haaretz. The Palestinian Authority’s Ministry of Health said the number of dead and injured is expected to rise with the continuation of the operation.
Late this Monday afternoon, Mahmoud Abbas, the head of the Palestinian Authority, announced the suspension of communications and security coordination with Israel in response to the operation in Jenin.
An ambulance driver, Khalid Al-Ahmad, was quoted as saying Guardian“A veritable war” was described in the refugee camp, where black smoke from burning tires made it difficult to see the streets and loudspeakers in mosques, the newspaper described.
Israeli soldiers controlled all entrances to the camp. “Attacks came from the sky. Every time we took five to seven ambulances, we came back with injured people,” the driver recounted.
attacks with Drones Before the Israeli army entered the Jenin refugee camp, clashes and explosions were heard between soldiers and militants there.
An Israeli military spokesman, Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari, said it was a concentrated brigade attack at the site and would last between one and three days, adding that Israeli forces would not be on the ground. Guardian. According to Reuters, between 1,000 and 2,000 soldiers are involved in the operation.
Foreign Minister Eli Cohen also indicated that the intention was not to expand the operation beyond the city. “Our mission is to focus on the genin, not the terrorists and their cells.”
The soldiers fired at the houses in the refugee camp Haaretz Citing the military. An ammunition manufacturing laboratory, ammunition and parts of a launcher were seized.Rockets, according to military officials. 20 Palestinians were also arrested.
Jenin and the city’s refugee camp, the scene of major clashes during the second intifada that began in 2000, have experienced rotational operations by the Israeli military for more than a year. While preparing to cover one of these operations, Al-Jazeera reporter Shireen Abu Akley was killed by Israeli gunfire in the region in May 2022.
More than 180 Palestinians and 24 Israelis have been killed in the escalating violence over the past year and a half, the newspaper reported. Guardian.
With Antonio Saraiva Lima