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Israel destroys buildings in West Financial institution’s Jenin after killing aged man | Occupied West Financial institution Information


Israel has destroyed a number of buildings within the occupied West Financial institution’s Jenin refugee camp, hours after its forces killed a 73-year-old man, the Palestinian Ministry of Well being stated.

A spokesperson for the Israeli military stated 23 buildings had been destroyed on Sunday in Jenin “to stop terrorist infrastructure from being established there.” The navy additionally stated it had killed 50 Palestinian fighters within the West Financial institution since mid-January.

Al Jazeera Arabic correspondents stated the explosions blew up a residential block within the camp’s ad-Damj neighbourhood.

Palestinian information company Wafa reported that the blasts had been so highly effective they had been heard throughout the town and in surrounding cities.

The Palestinian international ministry condemned the navy’s destruction of buildings in Jenin, describing it as a “brutal scene”.

President Mahmoud Abbas requested an pressing session of the UN Safety Council to cease the destruction of total residential blocks within the Jenin and Tulkarm camps.

In a separate incident in Arroub, within the southern West Financial institution, the Israeli military killed a 27-year-old man, named as Mohammed Amjad Hadoush, the Palestinian Well being Ministry and the Palestinian Crimson Crescent stated.

The Israeli navy launched a main offensive within the occupied West Financial institution final month, dubbed “Iron Wall”, targeted totally on attacking Palestinian armed teams from the Jenin space, simply after it started a ceasefire with the Palestinian group Hamas in Gaza on January 19.

Sunday’s explosions mark an escalation as Israel more and more commits unrestrained assaults on Palestinian infrastructure.

“The sounds are horrific,” Jenin resident Henna al-Haj Hassan advised Al Jazeera through telephone concerning the explosions.

Hassan stated she and different Jenin residents have confronted ongoing assaults for 2 weeks. She added {that a} curfew was in place, with outlets and different companies closed.

The director of Jenin Authorities Hospital, Wisam Baker, advised Wafa some sections of the hospital had been broken as a result of explosions, however no casualties had been reported.

Many households at the moment are displaced as a result of demolitions, the information company stated.

Ahmed Tobasi, one other Jenin resident, stated the homes within the Jenin camp “aren’t actually livable any extra” attributable to Israel destroying infrastructure.

“The Israeli military doesn’t want any excuse to destroy our homes and displace us,” the lifelong Jenin resident advised Al Jazeera.

“This can be a very lengthy, previous plan by the Israeli military, particularly for the [refugee] camps, as a result of they need to kill and make the Palestinian case die.”

He added: “So it’s not about terrorism; that is regular residences, individuals who reside – and while you discuss one home, it’s not likely one household dwelling there. In Jenin camp, you discover one home with three to 4 households.”

Aged man killed

The explosions occurred shortly after a 73-year-old man was killed by Israeli gunfire in Jenin’s refugee camp, the Palestinian Well being Ministry stated on Sunday, the most recent casualty of Israel’s swooping raids.

“The Israeli military has arrange a number of roadblocks and different checkpoints throughout the occupied West Financial institution and there have been no less than 27 Palestinians who’ve been killed,” Al Jazeera’s Hamdah Salhut stated.

“Lots of them are civilians, together with a two-year-old lady who was shot within the head whereas consuming dinner at house along with her household, and a 73-year-old aged man shot by Israeli forces this morning.”

Witnesses reported a big deployment of Israeli forces on Sunday morning across the cities of Tubas and Tammun, southeast of Jenin.

The military stated early on Sunday {that a} “tactical group” had begun operations round Tammun and had uncovered weapons.

It added it was extending the “counterterrorism” operation to 5 villages.

It additionally distributed leaflets in Arabic saying the operation was meant to “eradicate armed criminals, the lackeys of Iran”.

The Israeli authorities accuses Iran, which backs armed teams throughout the Center East together with Hamas in Gaza, of trying to ship weapons and cash to armed Palestinian teams within the occupied West Financial institution.

Israel’s Jenin operation has additionally forcibly displaced some 15,000 Palestinians.

Settlers storm cemetery, mosque

Additionally on Sunday, Israeli settlers stormed a cemetery in Silwan city, south of the Previous Metropolis in occupied East Jerusalem, underneath the safety of the Israeli military, in keeping with Wafa.

Native sources quoted by the Palestinian information company stated the settlers reduce the fence that the townspeople had positioned across the cemetery and took management of it.

In the meantime, Palestinian retailers reported that in a single day, a mosque within the Bedouin village of Arab al-Mleihat, northwest of Jericho, was set on fireplace by Israeli settlers.

The Palestinian Ministry of International Affairs condemned the assaults.

Violence by Israeli settlers and troopers in opposition to Palestinians has surged throughout the occupied West Financial institution because the Gaza struggle broke out in 2023.

Troopers or settlers have killed no less than 882 Palestinians because the begin of the struggle, in keeping with the Palestinian Well being Ministry.

The settlements are unlawful underneath worldwide regulation however proceed to develop throughout the occupied West Financial institution and East Jerusalem with the total assist of the Israeli authorities.

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