Three militants had been killed within the incident, together with one accused of plotting an assault impressed by the October 7 Hamas assault
Israeli commandos, some disguised as civilian Palestinian girls and medics, performed a raid on a hospital within the occupied West Financial institution on Tuesday, officers have mentioned. Three folks died within the operation, together with one accused by Israel of plotting an imminent assault.
The Palestinian Well being Ministry mentioned Israeli troops had killed three folks within the Ibn Sina Hospital in Jenin, and known as upon the worldwide group to sentence such operations going down at well being amenities.
CCTV footage of the raid circulating on social media, which has not but been independently verified, appeared to point out a number of undercover troops, together with three dressed as girls and two disguised as medics, carrying rifles in a hospital hall. The commandos will be seen looking one man who’s kneeling in opposition to a wall, earlier than they seem to put a bag over his head.
Israel claimed that the three folks killed within the raid had been Palestinian militants who had been utilizing the hospital as a hideout. One of many deceased males, recognized by the navy as Mohammed Jalamneh, had been planning “a raid impressed by the October 7 bloodbath,” Israeli officers mentioned.
Israeli terror : The Israeli particular troop invaded this early morning Ibn Sina (Avisina) hospital in Jenin disguised as Nurses, girls, outdated males and one in every of as a affected person in a wheelchair and executed 3 Palestinians who had been getting remedy within the hospital violating humanitarian regulation pic.twitter.com/sK8HxMGKS3
— Mustafa Barghouti @Mustafa_Barghouti (@MustafaBarghou1) January 30, 2024
On that date final 12 months, Hamas militants staged a cross-border assault into Israel from Gaza, killing about 1,100 folks, largely civilians, and taking round 250 hostages. Palestinian well being officers say that greater than 26,000 folks, primarily girls and youngsters, have died in Israel’s subsequent bombardment of the besieged coastal enclave.
The violence, which has led to fears of a broader disaster within the Center East, has additionally spilled into the West Financial institution regardless of Israel concentrating its navy response in Gaza.
Hamas mentioned a type of killed within the hospital was a member of the group, whereas paramilitary faction Islamic Jihad claimed the opposite two individuals who died had been members of the group, including they had been brothers.
The Palestinian Authority’s Well being Ministry described Tuesday’s assault as a “new bloodbath inside hospitals” by Israel, which itself has claimed that Hamas is utilizing well being amenities to cover militants and weapons in underground tunnels. Hamas denies the claims.
“That is one other instance of the cynical use of civilian areas and hospitals as shelters and human shields by terrorist organizations,” the Israeli navy mentioned.
Israel has obtained criticism from the worldwide group for its raids on hospitals in Gaza, operations which have exacerbated an already buckling healthcare system on the breaking point.
Inside the West Financial institution, tensions proceed to flare following the October 7 assault as Israeli forces conduct frequent arrest raids and conflict with Palestinians – significantly in Jenin, a militant stronghold.
Because the preliminary Hamas assault final 12 months, Israel has killed not less than 357 Palestinians within the West Financial institution territory, in keeping with the United Nations. No less than ten Israelis have died in Palestinian assaults on Israeli targets within the West Financial institution throughout that very same interval.
