An Israeli army drone reportedly fired three missiles at a gaggle of individuals within the Jenin refugee camp.
A Palestinian teenager and three brothers have been amongst at the least six people killed in an Israeli air attack on the Jenin refugee camp within the occupied West Financial institution, in response to experiences.
The Palestinian information company Wafa stated that an Israeli drone fired three missiles at a gaggle of individuals close to a visitors roundabout within the camp on Tuesday night, killing six individuals, together with a 15-year-old boy, and injuring a number of others.
5 different victims of the assault have been aged between 23 and 34, and included three brothers, Wafa experiences. Earlier this month, an Israeli drone strike on the occupied West Financial institution’s Tammun city killed two Palestinian youngsters and a 23-year-old from the identical household.
Al Jazeera’s Hamdah Salhut stated the drone strike on the Jenin camp comes amid intense Israeli army raids on native communities and the killing by Israeli forces of virtually 800 Palestinians within the occupied West Financial institution since October 7, 2023 – in addition to the arrest of a number of thousand others.
“Israel’s defence minister has stated that Israel will proceed this coverage throughout the West Financial institution,” Salhut stated, including that the violence within the occupied territory is now often known as Israel’s “silent conflict”.
“It’s change into often known as the silent conflict – parallel, aspect by aspect with what Israel is doing in Gaza, however not getting as a lot consideration,” Salhut stated.
The lethal drone strike additionally comes amid a army operation launched within the Jenin camp by the Palestinian Authority’s (PA) safety forces during the last a number of weeks, focusing on Palestinian resistance fighters, which has resulted in additional than a dozen individuals killed.
Anwar Rajab, a spokesperson for the PA’s safety forces, stated the assault was meant to “disrupt efforts” by the authority to attain safety and stability in Jenin.
Hassan Khraisheh, the deputy speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council, stated the drone strike demonstrated Israel’s willingness to kill Palestinians indiscriminately.
“This can be a clear message from the Israeli occupation that each Palestinian is a goal,” Khraisheh informed Al Jazeera.
The drone strike has additionally sparked rage amongst locals as coming amid the PA’s army operation in Jenin, Khraisheh stated, including that the PA should now withdraw from Jenin and unite with different Palestinian teams in opposing the Israeli occupation.
“Our enemy is one – whether or not as resistance fighters or [PA] safety forces,” he stated.
“Nobody is protected towards Israeli assaults.”
Earlier on Tuesday, the Jenin Battalion of Palestinian Islamic Jihad stated that it agreed to an area initiative to finish the Palestinian infighting and cease the bloodshed between Palestinians within the occupied territory. The group didn’t reveal particulars of the settlement, but it surely stated that it affirms the “legit proper to withstand the prison occupation”.
Alongside its marketing campaign to crack down on fighters in Jenin, which it manufacturers as “outlaws”, the PA has additionally suspended Al Jazeera within the occupied West Financial institution in what’s seen as additional silencing of dissent and freedom of expression by the authority.
