Not less than 13 Palestinians have been injured after Israeli forces raided the Aqbat Jabr refugee camp to arrest 10 individuals.
Not less than 13 Palestinians have been injured, two of them severely, after Israeli forces fired bullets, missile and tear gasoline throughout a raid of the Aqbat Jabr refugee camp in Jericho metropolis within the occupied West Financial institution, in keeping with the Palestinian well being ministry.
The Israeli forces fired an anti-tank guided missile throughout the raid, in keeping with Israeli radio.
The Palestinian Purple Crescent Society accused Israel of blocking entry to ambulances. They have been finally allowed to deal with the wounded after the operation ended.
Al Jazeera’s Bernard Smith, reporting from the West Financial institution metropolis of Ramallah, mentioned the five-hour raid was “a continuation” of the incident from final Saturday in Jenin, close to Jericho.
“Jericho, a metropolis of 37,000 individuals, has been primarily closed off by the Israeli navy for per week as Israeli forces hunted for suspects in a drive-by capturing close to an unlawful Israeli settlement not removed from Jericho.
“The Israeli forces have arrested 10 people which among them, we understand, were the suspects wanted for that shooting,” Smith mentioned.
Saturday’s raid comes per week after Israeli forces killed nine Palestinians in Jenin refugee camp, the biggest navy raid on the camp within the northern occupied West Financial institution since 2002.
“This comes really as part of a very violent beginning of the year in the occupied West Bank – 36 Palestinians have been killed so far,” Al Jazeera’s Smith mentioned.
“And all of this on the back of this new far-right Israeli government – which has a cabinet minister in it, elected by settlers determined to advance the settlement project in the occupied West Bank and make life even harder for Palestinians than it already is.”
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Killings proceed
Aqbat Jabr, one among 19 Palestinian refugee camps within the occupied West Financial institution, is residence to extra than 8,000 people. The United Nations Refugee Company says individuals there have insufficient shelter and sewage amenities.
The latest surge in killings by Israeli forces comes as a part of intensified nightly raids, significantly within the northern occupied cities of Jenin and Nablus, beneath the banner of crushing restricted Palestinian armed resistance towards Israeli occupation.
Civilians confronting Israeli forces throughout raids and harmless bystanders have been killed, in addition to Palestinian fighters in focused assassinations and through armed clashes.
Final week, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu introduced plans to arm Israelis with weapons amid escalating violence within the occupied Palestinian territory. The measures got here within the wake of the killing of seven Israelis by a Palestinian in occupied East Jerusalem.
On Friday, Israeli forces shot dead an unarmed Palestinian man, Abdullah Sami Qalalweh, 26, within the West Financial institution, the Palestinian well being ministry mentioned.
The toll of 36 Palestinians killed by Israeli forces up to now this 12 months consists of eight youngsters and an aged girl, Palestinian information company WAFA reported.
Individually on Friday, the United Nations human rights chief Volker Turk referred to as on Israel “to ensure that all operations of its security forces in the occupied West Bank including East Jerusalem, are carried out with full respect for international human rights law”.
He harassed adherence to “the rules regulating the use of force in law enforcement operations”, in keeping with a press release from his workplace.
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