Israeli Forces Killed Palestinian Students, A Teacher And A Doctor, And Wounded Others, Including A Journalist,

Israeli forces killed Palestinian students, a teacher and a doctor, and wounded others, including a journalist, during an assault on Jenin in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday.

At least seven people were killed in total and 15 wounded, two in serious condition, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health. “The Israeli army targets everything that moves on the ground and prevents ambulances from reaching the injured,” Wissam Sbeihat, director general of the health ministry in Jenin, said.

“[There is] complete destruction of the infrastructure and direct targeting of medical personnel and ambulance teams.” Medical teams were also blocked by Israeli forces from reaching some of those wounded, which led to the death of some of them from their wounds.

Local sources said at least 10 wounded people were lying in the alleys of Jenin camp and medical teams had not yet been able to reach them. Meanwhile, Israeli military bulldozers began razing and vandalising roads and infrastructure, deliberately destroying water pipes and sewage networks.

Hamas says the Israeli operation in Jenin is “a continuation of a series of the occupation’s crimes of murder, siege and starvation in Rafah, Jabalia and other areas of the Gaza Strip.”

The operation will not discourage the Palestinian group from resisting the occupation, said Hamas which called the assault on Jenin “desperate”.

The movement added: “As we mourn the martyrs and extend our condolences to their families, we affirm that the occupation’s continuing crimes against our people in Gaza and the West Bank will not weaken the support of our people, nor will they stop the resistance of our people.”

The group stressed it “continues to confront the occupation and its aggression by all means, despite international complicity and silence”.

✍️ by Fayha Shalash in Ramallah, occupied Palestine