![]() The Palestinian Health Ministry said at least eight Palestinians were killed and 50 people were wounded - 10 critically. “They can destroy the refugee camp but will fail again because the only solution is the political solution in which a Palestinian state is established and the occupation ends,” he said. “There are bulldozers destroying the streets, snipers are inside and on roofs of houses, drones are hitting houses and Palestinians are killed in the streets,” said Jamal Huweil, a political activist in the camp, predicting the operation would fail. The tactics signaled the operation could drag on for some time. was mobilizing humanitarian aid.Īccording to the official Palestinian news agency Wafa, the military blocked roads within the camp, took over houses and buildings and put snipers on rooftops. humanitarian coordinator in the Palestinian areas, said on Twitter that she was “alarmed by scale of Israeli forces operation,” noting the airstrikes in a densely populated refugee camp. Ambulances raced toward a hospital where the wounded were brought in on stretchers. Smoke billowed from within the crowded camp, with mosque minarets in the backdrop. Richard Hecht, an army spokesman, said a brigade-size force - roughly 2,000 soldiers - was taking part and that military drones had carried out a series of strikes.Īlthough Israel has carried out isolated airstrikes in the West Bank in recent weeks, Hecht said Monday’s strikes were an escalation unseen since 2006 - the end of the last Palestinian uprising. Fighting continued some 14 hours after Israel entered the camp. Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said the operation was “proceeding as planned,” but gave no indication when it would end. The Palestinians and neighboring Jordan and Egypt and the 57-nation Organization of Islamic Cooperation condemned the violence. Military bulldozers plowed through narrow streets, damaging buildings as they cleared the way for Israeli forces. It came amid growing domestic pressure for a tough response to a series of attacks on Israeli settlers, including a shooting attack last month that killed four Israelis.īlack smoke rose from the crowded streets of the camp while exchanges of fire rang out and the buzzing of drones was heard overhead. Troops remained inside the Jenin refugee camp at midday Monday, pushing ahead with the largest operation in the area during more than a year of fighting. Palestinian health officials said at least eight Palestinians were killed and dozens wounded. JENIN, West Bank - Israel used drones to strike targets in a militant stronghold in the occupied West Bank early Monday and deployed hundreds of troops in an incursion that resembled the broad attacks carried out during the second Palestinian uprising two decades ago. ![]() ![]() Watch Video: Palestinian PM condemns West Bank raids
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