Several injuries and arrests were made in Jenin on Monday as Israeli occupation forces (IOF) raided the refugee camp for the first time since the large-scale offensive they carried last July.
Fierce clashes erupted shortly after Palestinian resistance spotted an Israeli special force on the camp’s entrance, Jenin Battalion of the Islamic Jihad’s Al-Quds Brigades announced.
Gathered scenes for the different lsraeli military vehicles used in today’s invasion of Jenin camp, where the lsraeli occupation forces shot and detained a number of Palestinians. pic.twitter.com/8iXOWYP5O7
— TIMES OF GAZA (@Timesofgaza) September 4, 2023
Five Palestinian resistance fighters were injured as IOF fired live bullets and deployed snipers on the roofs of the buildings in the refugee camp, Palestinian media reported, citing the head of Jenin Governmental Hospital.
Jenin Battalion said its fighters heroically confronted the raid, adding that they have managed to down an Israeli drone.
“Our Mujahedeen (fighters) targeted the occupation forces as they were pulling out of the camp, and inflicted losses upon them,” the resistance group added.
The Israeli occupying military is pulling out from the Jenin Refugee Camp after an hour-long raid.
Three Palestinians have reportedly been arrested during the raid.#JeninUnderAttack pic.twitter.com/OxdPz2NY3I
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) September 4, 2023
Israeli media reported that the IOF entered the West Bank city to conduct arrests “based on intelligence gathered rather than carrying out a widespread arrest operation.”
“Three Palestinians affiliated with Hamas were arrested, identified by security forces as Abdallah Hassan Muhammad Zubah, Vered Asherif and Mutazben Jaitza,” The Jerusalem Post reported.
Gathered scenes for the different lsraeli military vehicles used in today’s invasion of Jenin camp, where the lsraeli occupation forces shot and detained a number of Palestinians. pic.twitter.com/8iXOWYP5O7
— TIMES OF GAZA (@Timesofgaza) September 4, 2023
It added that the Israeli forces operated in the raid included the occupation military’s elite commando Duvdevan Unit and Sayeret Golani, along with Border Police officers.
“The operation was not planned far in advance and did not take place during the overnight hours as most raids do because the specific intelligence leading to the operation only came forward shortly before the operation,” according to JPost
The raid marks the first time IOF troops entered Jenin since its major operation launched on the West Bank city and its refugee camp last July.
Source: Israeli and Palestinian media (translated and edited by Al-Manar English Website)
