JENIN (Palestine Foundation Information Center) 27 Palestinian citizens have been martyred and dozens have been injured so far during the ongoing Israeli military aggression against Jenin and its refugee camp, which completed its first month on Wednesday.
The scale of destruction that has been inflicted on public and private property in Jenin refugee camp, in particular, becomes clearer day after day as the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) persist in wreaking havoc on what remained of roads, homes and facilities.
According to Palestinian figures, the IOF forcibly displaced more than 90 percent of the residents of Jenin camp in the northern occupied West Bank.
Yesterday, the IOF deployed large water tanks and mobile rooms for its soldiers at the entrances of Jenin camp and some sites around it, while its bulldozers continued to destroy neighborhoods and create paths through them, according to local and media sources.
The IOF also kidnaped two children and two young men from Jenin City on Tuesday.
Jenin mayor Mohamed Jarrar said that the Israeli army followed a pattern of random destruction in Jenin camp and the area around it without leaving intact any infrastructure foundations, and burned and demolished homes in order to make the camp uninhabitable.
Mayor Jarrar accused the Israeli occupation of trying to create a new environment for the local residents to live away from the camp without being able to return to their homes, affirming that after nearly a month of ongoing aggression, Jenin became almost empty of citizens.
As part of its ongoing violations in Jenin, the IOF forced three families in al-Tayba village in western Jenin to leave their homes before using them as military posts.
The IOF also stormed Meithalun town in southern Jenin and attacked local residents with tear gas canisters, injuring a 16-year-old teenager in his arm.
Another young man suffered injuries in the same town when Israeli soldiers severely beat him.
The IOF also kidnaped a young man identified as Mahmoud al-Danouf from his home in the town.
