JORDAN ENGINEERS START CAMPAIGN TO RECONSTRUCT JENIN DAMAGED IN ISRAELI RAID

Wed 05 July 2023:

The Jordanian Engineers Association is planning to start a campaign to raise funds for the reconstruction of the West Bank city of Jenin and its refugee camp, Quds Press reported on Tuesday.

This came in a statement issued by the Chief of the Jordanian Engineers Association and Head of the Higher Committee for Construction in Palestine, Engineer Ahmad Samara Zubi.

According to Quds Press, Zubi said that the Higher Committee is planning to organise a campaign to raise funds to rebuild what the Israeli occupation forces have destroyed during their offensive on Jenin that started on Monday.

The statement said: “The solidarity with the Palestinians will include a series of activities managed by the Higher Committee for Construction in Palestine.”

At the same time, the statement stated that the Higher Committee for Construction in Palestine, which includes the Engineers Association and the Contractors Association, “will not save any efforts in supporting the Palestinians and their resistance against the Israeli occupation”.

Zubi praised the Palestinian Resistance fighters, “who are involved in the battle of dignity on behalf of the Arab and Muslim nations, defending the most just cause and fighting the worst terrorist entity.”

80% of homes in Jenin damaged

Almost 80 per cent of homes in the occupied Palestinian city of Jenin have suffered damage as a result of Israel’s recent military operation, according to the city’s deputy governor.

Israeli occupation forces withdrew from Jenin early today, concluding their largest military operation in the city in more than 20 years.

At least 12 Palestinians were killed and more than 100 others were injured in the offensive, according to the Ministry of Health.

The Israeli raid, which started on Monday, left a trail of destruction across the occupied West Bank city.

“Houses and infrastructure suffered heavy damage in the offensive,” Kamal Abu Al-Rub told Anadolu today. “Almost 80% of houses in the Jenin refugee camp were either destroyed, damaged or burnt.”

There are around 1,000 residential units inhabited by 15,000 Palestinians in the Jenin refugee camp, the news agency reported.

Abu Al-Rub said dozens of vehicles and utility lines were also damaged in the Israeli raid.