You can read our story about the latest Israeli attacks on Jenin here. A total of 46 sick and wounded Palestinians have crossed from the Gaza Strip into Egypt for medical treatment. The Rafah border crossing, which had been closed for more than eight months due to Israeli military operations in southern Gaza, reopened on Saturday, allowing for the transfer of patients. The Israeli army says at least 50 Palestinians have been killed in the northern West Bank since it started a major operation in the occupied territory nearly two weeks ago.
At least 35 gunmen were killed during ground operations in Jenin, Tulkarem, and the Tamun area, with an additional 15 killed in targeted drone strikes, the army claimed. Palestinian health officials say several civilians have been killed in the Israeli attacks, including a two-year-old girl. More than 2. The Palestinian group has released a statement on the ongoing Israeli military raids on the occupied West Bank.
Jenin resident Ahmed Tobasi has told Al Jazeera that the Israeli army has been destroying houses and demolishing roads since the start of its large-scale military assault nearly two weeks ago. In Jenin camp, you find one house with three to four families. From the present assault to the violence of the second Intifada from to , Jenin has rarely been far from the worst of the storm that continues to rage across the occupied West Bank.
The refugee camp there is thought to be home to about 14, people, nearly all descendants of the Palestinians dispossessed of their land and homes when Israel was created in Conditions in the camp are desperate. The Palestinian group says Israel has yet to permit the entry of the needed medical, relief, fuel and reconstruction supplies into Gaza as per the ceasefire agreement.
Wisam Baker, the director of Jenin Government Hospital, has told the Palestinian news agency Wafa that some sections of the medical facility were damaged due to the explosions carried out by the Israeli army. The simultaneous explosions carried out by the Israeli army at the Jenin refugee camp were heard across the city of Jenin and beyond, according to locals. Israel has carried out several simultaneous explosions in the Jenin refugee camp, destroying as many as 20 homes in one residential neighbourhood.
