The Israeli occupation forces withdrew Wednesday after midnight from Jenin city and its camp, after a new offensive that lasted nearly nine hours, which resulted in the shooting and injuring of seven civilians, including a woman and a child, the detention of at least 18 civilians, and the destruction of infrastructure.
About 40 army vehicles broke into the city and its refugee camp today at noon amidst heavy shooting and firing of smoke grenades, live bullets, and tear gas bombs, injuring seven people, including a child in the foot and a woman. The woman was later said to be in critical condition, according to the Ministry of Health.
The occupation forces further launched large-scale raid campaigns on residents’ homes in the city and its camp and turned several homes into military outposts.
Forces also bombed the house of resident Salim Abu Awad in Jenin camp with the ‘Energa’ anti-tank missile, which caused the fire to break out in the house, inflicting serious damage. Fire also broke out in another hous
e as a result of the Israeli attack, before civil crews were able to reach the houses and put out the fire.
The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) in Jenin reported that the occupation forces beat up the ambulance crews in Jenin camp while they were attempting to transport the wounded from inside the camp.
Meanwhile, the soldiers were deployed around Jenin and Ibn Sina Hospitals, stopping and searching ambulances, amid violent clashes.
WAFA correspondent said that the occupation forces carried out extensive raid and search campaigns on houses, where they wreaked havoc and destroyed their contents. Bulldozers also destroyed the infrastructure and vehicles on the outskirts of the camp and in its alleys and streets.
The students of the Arab American University were also unable to return to their homes due to the continuing aggression of the occupation and the siege of the city, according to sources. The university administration worked to provide shelter for some of the students, while others took refug
e in the homes of their relatives and friends in the villages and towns of the Jenin district.
The offensive left several neighborhoods in Jenin without electricity after the occupation targeted electrical transformers with bullets.
The Israeli occupation has launched more than 15 military offensives and incursions into Jenin city and its camp since the beginning of its all-out aggression against the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank on October 7th.
Source: Palestine News and Information Agency – WAFA