The Israeli army killed 10 Palestinians and injured more than 20 people yesterday Thursday 26 January in occupied West Bank reportedly targeting Jenin Public Hospital and preventing paramedics and ambulances to treat the victims.
According to eye-witness reports, Israeli soldiers also fired tear gas canisters towards the hospital, affecting the children’s division causing suffocation injuries to children and others.
The Palestinian Ministry of Health said, nine of the Palestinians killed were in the Jenin refugee camp, after Israeli forces raided the area while the other Palestinian, a 22-year-old man, was shot by Israeli forces in the town of al-Ram, north of Jerusalem.
The dead included an elderly woman, according to Palestinian officials. She was identified as Magda Obaid by the Jenin hospital authorities.
“There is an invasion that is unprecedented … in terms of how large it is and the number of injuries,” Wissam Baker, head of Jenin Public Hospital said.
Hamas has announced a day of mourning calling on the international community to hold the ‘occupation criminals’ accountable for their crimes.
Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh in a statement called on the United Nations and all international human rights organisations to “intervene urgently to provide protection for Palestinian people and stop the bloodshed of children, youth and women”.
Israeli forces launched the large-scale raid and besieged the camp in the early hours on Thursday with undercover forces, dozens of armoured vehicles and snipers.
Armed clashes with Palestinian resistance fighters soon broke out resulting in the killing and injuries to a large number of Palestinians.
Mohamed Ainullah, AMUST
