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NINE PALESTINIANS KILLED IN ISRAELI RAID IN JENIN

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Watch: Drone footage shows extent of damage after Jenin raid

By Yolande Knell & David Gritten
BBC News, Jenin & London


Nine Palestinians have been killed during an Israeli military raid in the
occupied West Bank - the deadliest in years - Palestinian officials say.

A woman aged 61 was reported among the dead in the flashpoint town of Jenin.

The Israeli military said its troops went in to arrest Islamic Jihad "terror
operatives" planning "major attacks".

The Palestinian presidency accused Israel of a "massacre" and later announced it
had ended co-ordination with Israel on security matters.

A 10th Palestinian was meanwhile shot and killed during a confrontation with
Israeli troops in the town of al-Ram, near Jerusalem, as residents protested
against the Jenin raid, Palestinian officials said.

Overnight, Israel said it carried out airstrikes against Palestinian militants
in Gaza after two rockets were fired into Israel. No group in Gaza has claimed
responsibility for the rockets, both of which were intercepted by Israeli air
defence systems.



The scale of the bombing in Gaza is not yet clear, although the AFP news agency
said there were no reported injuries on either side.

Tensions have recently risen in the West Bank, as the Israeli military continues
what it describes as an anti-terrorism offensive that began last year following
a series of deadly attacks in Israel.

 * Fear of flare-up after deadly Israeli raid in Jenin
 * Israel probes Palestinian pepper-sprayed and shot
 * Palestinian shot while giving first aid to militant

Heavy gunfire and explosions echoed across the crowded, urban Jenin refugee
camp, as fierce battles between Palestinian militants and Israeli forces raged
for three hours on Thursday morning.

The Palestinian health ministry identified three of those killed as Magda Obaid,
61, Saeb Izreiqi, 24, and Izzidin Salahat, 26. Twenty people were also wounded,
four of them seriously, it said.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said its troops entered Jenin to arrest an
Islamic Jihad "terror squad", who it accused of being "heavily involved in
planning and executing multiple major terrorist attacks on Israeli civilians and
soldiers".

It said forces surrounded a building and that three armed suspects were
"neutralised" after they opened fire, while a fourth suspect surrendered. The
IDF said troops were shot at by other Palestinian gunmen and returned fire,
hitting targets. It added it was looking into "claims regarding additional
casualties".



Islamic Jihad and Hamas said their fighters had targeted the troops with gunfire
and improvised explosive devices.

The house which the IDF said was being used as a hideout by the Islamic Jihad
cell was still smouldering where furniture inside caught fire.

The outer walls on the ground floor were reduced to rubble, leaving the taps and
sink of a bathroom exposed. The upper floor was meanwhile pocked with bullet
holes, while the stairwell contained a pool of blood.

Aisha Abu al-Naj, 73, who lives next door, told the BBC that her house shook
during the raid and that she and her family feared for their lives.

"We were afraid. I saw the army and then I couldn't open or look through the
window. It was a scary situation," she said.

"There were some young Palestinians next to our building who then came and
surrounded it. They shot at them. And then there was a lot of people who were
killed."



Magda Obaid's daughter said her mother also lived near the targeted house, and
that she was shot in the neck as she peered out of her window to see what was
happening.

The official Palestinian news agency Wafa reported that seven youths were shot
and wounded while attempting to prevent the Israeli forces from entering Jenin,
and that the troops "completely destroyed" the Jenin Camp Club.

Taxi driver Mohammed Ammori said he had been talking to a friend when Israeli
troops pulled up beside a building close to the club in cars and a lorry.

"We heard gunshots. We fled into the Jenin club and we stayed under siege there
for three hours."

He added: "After about an hour, military bulldozers destroyed cars on both sides
of the road, then destroyed the club's wall."

Palestinian Health Minister Mai al-Kaila said Palestinian Red Crescent
ambulances were initially unable to reach the wounded because Israeli troops
restricted access to the scene.

The children's ward of a local hospital was also hit by Israeli tear gas, she
said. The IDF told AFP news agency that there was activity not far away and that
it was possible some tear gas entered through an open window.

As funerals took place, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas declared three days
of national mourning in response to what his spokesman called a "massacre"
happening "amidst international silence".

"This is what encourages the occupation government to commit massacres against
our people in full view of the world," Nabil Abu Rudeineh said.

Jenin Deputy Governor Kamal Abu al-Rub told AFP that residents were living in a
"real state of war" and that Israeli forces were "destroying everything and
shooting at everything that moves".

Top Hamas official Saleh al-Arouri said that "the response of the resistance
will not be late in coming".

Later, the Palestinian Authority declared that security co-ordination with
Israeli authorities "no longer exists as of now". A statement said the decision
was taken by the leadership "in light of the repeated aggression against our
people, and the undermining of signed agreements".

United Nations Middle East envoy Tor Wennesland said he was "deeply alarmed and
saddened" by the violence.

"Since the beginning of this year, we are continuing to witness high levels of
violence and other negative trends that characterized 2022. It is crucial to
reduce tensions immediately and prevent more loss of life," he added.

At least 30 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces in the West Bank so
far this year, including militants and civilians, as the military continues
operations there.

Last year in the West Bank more than 150 Palestinians were killed, nearly all by
Israeli forces. The dead included unarmed civilians, militant gunmen and armed
attackers.

A series of attacks by Palestinians and Israeli Arabs targeting Israelis, as
well as militant gunfire at troops during arrest raids, meanwhile killed more
than 30 people including civilians, police and soldiers. 




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