January 2023 Jenin incursion

Jenin faces destruction, displacement amid Israeli operations in West Bank

Palestinian families were forced to evacuate the eastern neighborhood of Jenin in the northern West Bank due to ongoing Israeli military operations.

The death toll from a three-day Israeli raid on the occupied West Bank rose to 20 on Friday, Israel and the Palestinian health ministry said, while violence raged on in the Gaza Strip.

Palestinian ministry says Israeli troops kill 7 in West Bank raid

Palestinian health officials said Israeli forces killed seven Palestinians during a raid Tuesday in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin, where the military said it had launched a counterterrorism operation.

The Palestinian health ministry in Ramallah said nine more people had been wounded, including two who were in critical condition.

Storming the hospital; Israeli special forces carried out an unusual action

Israeli special forces killed three Palestinian militants in the attack.
The Palestinian Ministry of Health announced that Israeli forces opened fire on the ward of Ibn Sina Hospital in the city of Jenin.
The ministry condemned the raid and called on the international community to put pressure on the Israeli army to stop such operations in hospitals.

An urgent meeting requested

She asked for a meeting on December 29.
The United Arab Emirates called for an urgent meeting of the UN Security Council to be held tomorrow on the rapid escalation of the situation in the West Bank and its impact on the sustainability of the two-state solution," she said on the X platform (Twitter).

Ankara slams Israel army 'provocation' in West Bank mosque

The Turkish Foreign Ministry has condemned what it called the "provocation" in a mosque in the occupied West Bank by Israeli troops who were seen reciting a Jewish prayer.

Video footage showed soldiers inside a mosque in Jenin refugee camp using loudspeakers to recite the Shema Yisrael, a central prayer in Judaism.

Israel launches most intense military operation in West Bank in years

Israel on Monday launched its most intense military operation in the occupied West Bank in nearly two decades, carrying out a series of drone strikes and sending hundreds of troops on an open-ended mission into a militant stronghold. At least eight Palestinians were killed and dozens wounded.