Palestine, Imemc: On Monday dawn, Israeli fighter jets & armed drones fired missiles into the Jenin civilian refugee camp in the northern West Bank city of Jenin, killing at least five Palestinians, including a child, and wounding more than thirty five, seven seriously. So far, Israeli army has carried out twenty airstrikes. The offensive on Jenin is ongoing. Over 1000 Israeli soldiers and large number of military vehicles is also being used in the attacks.
The soldiers also fired dozens of gas bombs around the Jenin Governmental Hospital, causing many patients and residents, including children receiving treatment at the medical facility, to suffer the effects of tear gas inhalation.
The Israeli army is invading and causing damage to dozens of homes in the Jenin refugee camp and is damaging some of their walls to allow the soldiers to fire at the Palestinians in the streets without being seen.
An Israeli military drone fired a missile at a Palestinian home near the Al-Huriyyah Theater, wounding a child, many families took shelter in the theater which was also targeted by one missile.
The Palestinians Health Ministry has death of sixteen year old Palestinian in Jenin.
Four of the slain Palestinians have been officially identified as Samih Firas Abu Al-Wafa, 21, Aws Hanin Hannoun, and Husam Mohammad Abu Theeba, all were shot by Israeli soldiers in their chests, and Noureddin Husam Marshoud, who the soldiers shot in the head.
Dr. Wisam Bakr, the head of the Jenin governmental hospital, said Palestinian medics face serious difficulties and danger due to the Israeli siege, ongoing onslaught, and the deliberate targeting of ambulances.
The Israeli army is preventing medics from entering the Jenin refugee camp and bulldozing streets.
The Israeli Airforce carried out more than twenty strikes on the Jenin refugee camp, using fighter jets and armed drones. The bombing and large-scale military offensive are ongoing.
The Israeli army destroyed two homes owned by Palestinians from Shalabi and Natour families after firing missiles at them and causing damage to surrounding homes and buildings.
The Israeli army deliberately targeted electricity transformers and poles to ensure a blackout in Jenin refugee camp and its surrounding areas.
The Israeli army targeted medics, ambulances, journalists, and media centers.
Palestinian resistance fighters managed to shoot down an armed Israeli military drone.
Israeli drones, helicopters, and fighter jets fired missiles at buildings and closed the street between Jenin and Jenin refugee camp.
Israeli soldiers invaded many homes and buildings overlooking the Jenin refugee camp and deployed sharpshooters on rooftops.
The Israeli army deployed tanks on hills and neighborhoods overlooking the Jenin refugee camp.
The Israeli army bulldozed and destroyed streets leading to the Jenin refugee camp, preventing Palestinian ambulances and journalists from entering it.
Israeli military bulldozers damage dozens of Palestinian cars parked near homes in areas close to the Jenin refugee camp.
Dozens of military vehicles also invaded several villages and towns around Jenin city, stormed and ransacked dozens of homes, and assaulted many Palestinians.
The Israeli occupation army has confirmed it was conducting an extensive military offensive throughout Jenin refugee and the Jenin refugee camp and added that one of its airstrikes targeted a building allegedly used by Palestinian fighters where they gather, and store weapons and ammunition, according to the statement issued by the army and the Israeli Security Agency “Shin Bet.”
The army said more than 1000 soldiers and at least a hundred military vehicles are participating in the offensive.
Elsewhere, on Monday dawn, Israeli soldiers killed a young Palestinian man at the entrance of the Al-Biereh city in the central West Bank.
The Palestinian Health Ministry has confirmed that the soldiers killed Mohammad Emad Hassanein, 21, after shooting him with a live round in the head.
The Palestinian was marching with many young men, protesting the ongoing Israeli invasion and offensive on Jenin in the northern West Bank, when the soldiers attacked them with a barrage of live fire, rubber-coated steel bullets, and gas bombs
Nearly 180 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces since the start of this year, according to the Ministry of Health. At least 25 Israelis have also been killed in separate attacks during the same period.
[Photo: Israeli military vehicles invade Jenin as Israeli airforce conduct airstrikes Jenin refugee camp in West Bank on July 03, 2023. Photojournalist :Nedal Eshtayah/AA]
