Six people killed in Israeli drone attack on Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank. Official West Bank News
An Israeli military drone reportedly fired three missiles at a group of people in the Jenin refugee camp.
A Palestinian teenager and three brothers were among at least six people killed in an Israeli airstrike on the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank, according to reports.
Palestinian news agency Wafa said an Israeli drone fired three missiles at a group of people near a traffic intersection in the camp on Tuesday evening, killing six people, including a 15-year-old boy, and injuring several others.
The five other victims of the attack were aged between 23 and 34, and included three brothers, Wafa reported. Earlier this month, two Palestinian children and a 23-year-old man from the same family were killed in an Israeli drone strike on the city of Tammun in the occupied West Bank.
Al Jazeera’s Hamada Salhut said the drone attack on the Jenin camp comes amid Israeli military attacks on local communities and the killing by Israeli forces of nearly 800 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank since October 7, 2023 – as well as the arrest of several thousand Has happened. Other.
“The Israeli defense minister has said that Israel will continue this policy throughout the West Bank,” Salhut said, adding that the violence in the occupied territory is now known as Israel’s “silent war.”
“It’s known as the silent war – parallel to what Israel is doing in Gaza, but not getting as much attention,” Salhut said.
The deadly drone strike comes amid a military operation launched by Palestinian Authority (PA) security forces in the Jenin camp over the past several weeks targeting Palestinian resistance fighters, resulting in the deaths of more than a dozen people.
PA security forces spokesman Anwar Rajab said the attack was aimed at “disrupting efforts” of the authority to achieve security and stability in Jenin.
Hassan Khreisheh, deputy speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council, said the drone strike demonstrated Israel’s willingness to kill Palestinians indiscriminately.
“This is a clear message from the Israeli occupation that every Palestinian is a target,” Khreisheh told Al Jazeera.
The drone strikes amid the PA’s military campaign in Jenin have also sparked anger among locals, Khreisheh said, adding that the PA should now withdraw from Jenin and unite with other Palestinian groups in protesting the Israeli occupation.
“Our enemy is one – whether resistance fighters or (PA) security forces,” he said.
“Nobody is safe from Israeli attacks.”
Earlier on Tuesday, Palestinian Islamic Jihad’s Jenin Battalion said it had agreed to a local initiative to end Palestinian infighting and stop bloodshed among Palestinians in the occupied territory. The group did not disclose details of the agreement, but said it affirmed “the legitimate right to resist criminal occupation.”
Along with its campaign to crack down on fighters in Jenin, which it brands as “unlawful”, the PA has also suspended Al Jazeera in the occupied West Bank, which authorities deem to stifle freedom of dissent and expression. Seen as more calming.
