Six Palestinians and one Israeli police officer had been killed as combating flares once more within the occupied West Financial institution.
No less than six Palestinians are reported to have been killed by an Israeli drone raid within the metropolis of Jenin within the occupied West Financial institution.
The assault on town, host to a big refugee camp, got here amid a number of Israeli raids throughout the West Financial institution in a single day, the Palestinian Ministry of Well being reported on Sunday. Israeli officers famous {that a} police officer was additionally killed in the course of the operations.
Witnesses stated human stays had been scattered on the web site of the drone assault in Jenin.
“We’ve seen some fairly grotesque photos of numerous our bodies mendacity on the ground. Folks say these focused had been civilians,” stated Al Jazeera’s Laura Khan, reporting from occupied East Jerusalem.
The strike focused a gathering of residents in Jenin, the Well being Ministry stated. 4 brothers had been reportedly among the many lifeless.
Israel asserted that its plane had fired on “Palestinian militants who had attacked troops”.
Witnesses stated the assault occurred as Israeli forces had been withdrawing.
The Israeli military stormed Jenin at about 1am (23:00 GMT on Saturday) and left at about 5am (03:00 GMT), Al Jazeera’s Khan stated.
“We all know that there was no less than one IED [improvised explosive device] that exploded and destroyed an Israeli military automobile,” she stated, including that there was “fierce resistance” from fighters within the camp.
A border police officer was killed and no less than 4 Israeli troopers had been wounded when their automobile was hit by the IED blast, Israel stated.
A helicopter helped rescue them with overlaying fireplace, the navy stated, including that an plane fired at a “terrorist squad that hurled explosives and endangered our forces, numerous terrorists had been killed”.
“That is simply a part of the nightly raids that we’re witnessing within the occupied West Financial institution,” stated Khan.
The Jenin Brigades, an armed wing of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad motion, issued an announcement claiming accountability for the assault on the Israeli forces.
“We all know, no less than 5,600 folks have been arrested, greater than 3,000 injured and with this newest loss of life toll, we’re round 332 Palestinians killed within the occupied West Financial institution since October 7,” Khan stated.
Al Jazeera’s staff within the occupied West Financial institution reported that Israeli forces additionally raided the cities of Nablus, Hebron, Qalqilya, and Jericho in a single day.
In Nablus, Israeli forces arrested a younger Palestinian after raiding her house, based on video footage verified by Al Jazeera.
Nightly raids by the Israeli military have been going down for nearly two years, however they’ve intensified following the assault by Hamas on October 7, which killed about 1,140 folks in Israel.
Israel’s retaliatory offensive has since killed no less than 22,722 Palestinians and injured greater than 58,000 folks.
The in a single day raids on Jenin occurred amid US Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s go to to the area. He is because of go to some Arab states, in addition to Israel and the occupied West Financial institution.
