{"id":5248,"date":"2023-01-28T14:07:49","date_gmt":"2023-01-28T14:07:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ameforum.net\/?p=5248"},"modified":"2023-01-28T14:23:08","modified_gmt":"2023-01-28T14:23:08","slug":"death-toll-rises-to-10-following-israeli-army-massacre-in-jenin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ameforum.net\/ar\/death-toll-rises-to-10-following-israeli-army-massacre-in-jenin\/","title":{"rendered":"Death toll rises to 10 following Israeli army \u2018massacre\u2019 in Jenin"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

BY Yumna Patel & Mariam Barghouthi 

In a brutal assault on the Jenin refugee camp Thursday morning, Israeli forces killed nine Palestinians and injured over a dozen others, making it the deadliest day for Palestinians in 2023 and one of the single deadliest raids in the West Bank in years. A tenth Palestinian was killed later in the day in al-Ram during clashes with the Israeli army.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the Palestinian Ministry of Health (MOH), among those killed was an \u201celderly\u201d woman identified as Magda Obaid, 61. Eight others were killed in the brutal assault on the camp. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Defense for Children International Palestine, two of the Palestinians killed during the raid were children. DCIP identified them as Abdallah Marwan Juma\u2019a Mousa, 17, and Waseem Amjad Aref al-Ja\u2019s, 16. DCIP\u2019s reports conflict with initial reports from the MOH, which reported Mousa to be 18, and al-Ja\u2019s to be 22.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The others were identified by the MOH as Motasem Mahmoud Abu Hasan, 40, Noor Eldin Sami Ghnaim, 25, Mohammad Sami Ghnaim, 28, Mohammad Mahmoud Subuh, 30, Saeb Izreiqi, 24, and Izzidin Salahat, 22.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The ministry reported that more than 20 people were injured, including four in critical condition. Among the injuries were gunshot wounds to the chest, abdomen, and lower extremities. \u201cMost injuries that arrived at the hospital today were in the head and chest area,\u201d the MOH said in a statement on Thursday evening. \u201cThis means that the shooting of live ammunition towards residents was with the intent to kill,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Though the identities of the remaining six slain Palestinians were being reported by local media, their names had not yet been confirmed by the MOH as of Thursday afternoon. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Mourners
MOURNERS CARRY THE BODIES OF PALESTINIANS WHO WERE KILLED IN AN ISRAELI RAID, DURING THEIR FUNERAL IN THE WEST BANK CITY OF JENIN JANUARY 26, 2023. (PHOTO: AHMED IBRAHIM\/APA IMAGES)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Minister of Health Mai al-Kaileh said in a statement that Israeli forces \u201champered\u201d ambulances from evacuating the wounded from the camp during the raid and restricted the access of medics to the camp. Local media reported that some ambulances were shot at. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Al-Kaileh added that Israeli forces fired tear gas toward the pediatric unit of the Jenin Government Hospital, causing suffocation cases from gas inhalation among patients at the hospital, including mothers and children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe deplore in the strongest terms what happened\u2026in terms of a fierce and barbaric attack against medical and emergency personnel, and the obstruction of their work in transporting the injured and treating patients,\u201d al-Kaileh said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Palestinians
PALESTINIANS INSPECT A HOUSE THAT WAS BLOWN UP BY ISRAELI FORCES IN THE WEST BANK CITY OF JENIN ON JANUARY 26, 2023. (PHOTO: AHMED IBRAHIM\/APA IMAGES)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The raid <\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The raid began around 7:15 am on Thursday morning when undercover Israeli special forces entered the camp in a commercial truck. According to local sources, the special forces were targeting the apartment of Alaa Sabbagh,<\/a> a former leader of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, Fatah\u2019s armed wing, who was killed by Israeli forces in the camp in 2002. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sabbagh\u2019s home was reportedly being used by a number of fighters affiliated with the Jenin Brigade<\/a>, an armed resistance group from the camp composed of fighters from various political factions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Israeli forces fired rocket launchers and other explosives at the apartment building, causing the fighters inside to respond with live ammunition. The attack on the apartment also sparked clashes in the surrounding areas, with armed fighters firing toward the Israeli troops. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shortly after the operation began, \u201chundreds\u201d of Israeli troops raided the area, with a convoy of military jeeps and bulldozers entering the boundaries of the camp. Sources told Mondoweiss<\/em> that as the bulldozers moved through the streets, they destroyed cars parked in the area and \u201ceverything in their wake.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The troops entered the camp from the north, south, and western entrances of the camp, Mohammad Abed, a local journalist, told Mondoweiss<\/em>. He added that Israeli forces closed off all the entrances and exits of the camp, preventing anyone from moving in or out. <\/p>\n\n\n\n