Israeli forces killed three folks and detained no less than 14 others in an in a single day raid within the occupied West Financial institution metropolis of Jenin, the Israeli army mentioned on Wednesday.
The army mentioned that the Jenin raid had focused “terrorism” and was a part of a broader operation within the West Financial institution. The Palestinian Authority’s information company, Wafa, mentioned the Israeli forces had stormed two homes in Jenin, leading to “violent confrontations.” The company reported {that a} 26-year-old man had been killed and added that three folks had been injured and houses and automobiles broken.
Jenin, a greater than 70-year-old refugee camp that’s now a crowded neighborhood, has lengthy been a bastion of armed resistance in opposition to the Israeli occupation of the West Financial institution. Israeli army raids, although widespread for years, have turn into much more frequent because the Hamas-led terrorist assault on Israel on Oct. 7.
A whole lot of Palestinians have been detained within the West Financial institution raids, which Israeli officers describe as counterterrorism operations in opposition to Hamas and an extension of their conflict in opposition to the armed group in Gaza.
Lethal violence in opposition to Palestinians by Israeli settlers within the West Financial institution has additionally reached file ranges since Oct. 7, in response to the United Nations.
This week, the Worldwide Court docket of Justice in The Hague began listening to six days of arguments over Israel’s “occupation, settlement and annexation” of Palestinian territories, together with the West Financial institution and East Jerusalem.
It’s the first time the world’s highest court docket has been requested to present an advisory opinion on the problem, which has been the topic of years of debates and resolutions on the United Nations. The U.N. Normal Meeting requested the court docket to evaluation the legality of Israeli insurance policies within the Palestinian territories greater than a 12 months in the past, earlier than Israel’s conflict in opposition to Hamas in Gaza.
Adam Sella contributed reporting from Jerusalem.
