NINE PALESTINIANS KILLED BY THE ISRAELI ARMY, INCLUDING AN ELDERLY WOMAN

Thu 26 January 2023:

During an ongoing large-scale raid and ensuing armed clashes in Jenin refugee camp in the northern occupied West Bank, Israeli troops have killed at least nine Palestinians and injured more than a dozen others.

According to Palestinian officials, an elderly woman was among the dead on one of the deadliest days in the occupied West Bank since Israeli raids began last year.

The Palestinian health ministry said that 16 others were injured with live ammunition, including three in difficult condition, until 10:30am local time (07:30 GMT).

Only one of the eight people killed has been identified so far: 24-year-old Saeb Issam Zreiqi.

Health officials said the situation on the ground is very difficult, with injuries continuing to pour into hospitals, and Israeli forces obstructing the work of ambulances and medics.

“There is an invasion that is unprecedented in the past period, in terms of how large it is and the number of injuries,” Wissam Baker, head of Jenin public hospital, told Al Jazeera.

“The ambulance driver tried to get to one of the martyrs who was on the floor, but the Israeli forces shot directly at the ambulance and prevented them from approaching him,” Baker continued.

Israeli forces also fired tear gas canisters towards the hospital which seeped into the children’s division, Baker said, causing suffocation injuries including among children.

The Israeli military confirmed that an operation was under way in Jenin on Thursday, but did not immediately provide further details.

Israeli forces launched a large-scale raid and besieged the camp in the early hours with undercover forces, dozens of armored vehicles and snipers. Armed clashes with Palestinian resistance fighters soon broke out.

28 Palestinians, including five children, have already been killed by Israeli soldiers during operations in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem in January.

In such raids in 2022, more than 170 Palestinians—many of them civilians—were killed.

SOURCE: INDEPENDENT PRESS AND NEWS AGENCIES

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