Israeli occupation forces shot and killed three Palestinians in a furious military raid into the occupied West Bank’s Jenin refugee camp, early on Thursday.
The Palestinian Health Ministry confirmed that three Palestinians were assassinated in the Israeli assault on Jenin refugee camp, identifying them as Sudqi Zakarneh, 29, from the city of Jenin, Tareq al-Damj, 29, from Jenin refugee camp, and Ata Shalabi, 46, from Qabatya, near Jenin.
Local sources and eyewitnesses reportedly said that a large number of Israeli forces, accompanied by a military bulldozer, stormed the Jenin city and its refugee camp.
An eyewitness told QNN that two of the three Palestinians got out of a car, and they were directly and deliberately executed by the Israeli forces.
The third Palestinian was shot by Israeli forces who obstructed the access of ambulances to the area and trageted them with live fire.
Confrontations erupted between Palestinian residents and Israeli soldiers during the brutal assault during which the forces fired live bullets, injuring 10 Palestinians and arresting three others.
The West Bank city of Jenin has been the center of Israeli aggressions and military operations in the few past months, with about 55 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces since the start of the year in Jenin alone, including Al Jazeera’s veteran journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, according to the Health Ministry.
The killings come amid high tensions on the ground as Israeli forces and settlers have escalated their attacks and crackdown against Palestinians.
Since the start of 2022, Israeli occupation forces have killed 216 Palestinians, including 164 in the occupied West Bank and 54 in the Gaza Strip.
