On the third day of the operation launched by the Hebrew State against Hamas in the northern West Bank, a car was destroyed by an Israeli strike. The UN calls for an “immediate” cessation of fighting.
The Israeli army announced on Friday that it had killed three Palestinian fighters on the third day of the operation in the northern occupied West Bank, assuring that they belonged to Hamas. Witnesses reported to AFP an Israeli strike on a car in Zababdeh, southeast of Jenin. They assure that Israeli soldiers inspected the car after the strike. An AFP journalist on the scene saw human remains removed from the car by paramedics.
The Israeli army said on Thursday it had killed seven Palestinian fighters on the second day of this large operation against armed groups, which left at least 19 dead in total. Two teenagers aged 13 and 17, described as “terrorists” by the Israeli army, are among them, according to the Palestinian Red Crescent.
UN “deeply concerned”
Expressing his “deep concern”, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called on Thursday on X for the “immediate end” of the operation, condemning “strongly the loss of human life, particularly minors”. The UN Office for Humanitarian Affairs, Ocha, warned of the continuation of “military operations near hospitals” and the “serious damage” inflicted on infrastructure, cutting off electricity and telecommunications in places.
The Israeli army launched this operation described as “anti-terrorist” on Wednesday by sending its columns of armored vehicles to Jenin, Tulkarem, Toubas and their refugee camps, in the north of the occupied West Bank, where armed groups are particularly active.
Clashes continued Thursday afternoon in Jenin and Israeli soldiers continued to operate in Tulkarem, according to two AFP journalists. The army has, however, withdrawn from the Toubas refugee camp, witnesses said. Israel “wants to put pressure on the resistance” but each “Zionist escalation” strengthens it, Mohamed Mansour, a political leader, told AFPTV in Toubas.
According to the Palestinian Prisoners Club, at least 45 people have been arrested since Wednesday, with the army recording ten arrests. Israeli incursions into Palestinian autonomous areas are a daily occurrence in the West Bank, a Palestinian territory occupied by Israel since 1967. But they are rarely on such a scale.
This article is originally published on lefigaro.fr
