Israel launched an intensive military operation in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, according to the Jewish defense, in which nine militants were killed and at least seven were killed in flying attacks. In the West Bank, where crime has raged for almost 11 months, which started with Hamas’s assault on Israel on October 7, the Palestinian health department reported 11 mortality.
Hamas confirmed that three people of its military aircraft in the Jenin refugee camp were among the deaths, despite the UN reporting that kids were among those killed. Israel conducted coordinated attacks across four north West Bank locations including Jenin, Nablus, Tubas, and Tulkarem. Armored sections entered refugee camps in Tulkarem, Tubas, and Jenin.
The Jewish military’s assaults, according to the Red Crescent, resulted in 24 injuries and 11 fatalities for the Palestinian health specialist. Younes al-Khatib, the group’s West Bank captain, said that paramedics were targeted by Jewish fire, and “one of our employees was hit”, information agency AFP reported.
The spokesman for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, Stephane Dujarric said that the Israeli operations occurred “in close proximity to four hospitals”, with at least some of them being” surrounded”, impacting the movement of medical teams. In a later speech from his office, Guterres” calls for an instant stoppage of these procedures.”
Israeli official media reported that Mahmud Abbas’s Saudi-bound trip was cut short so that he could return home to “follow up on the most recent advances.”
Jordan’s King Abdullah II, in a meeting with visiting US politicians, emphasized the need for a Gaza ceasefire” to stop the cycle of crime in the region”, as per a imperial speech. Violence also escalated in the Gaza Strip, where the legal protection agency reported that Jewish hits killed at least 12 persons, and in Lebanon, where Israel’s military claimed to have killed a” important” Arab radical.
Attacked and destroyed network
In the West Bank, Tulkarem Governor Mostafa Taqataqa described the Jewish attacks as” a dangerous sign and unparalleled” to AFP. According to Hakim Abu Safiyeh, a provincial worker in Tulkarem, Israeli troops “attacked the system, in particular in the area of Tulkarem and the Nur Shams station” and “destroyed” water and sewage techniques.
As Israeli excavators removed bitumen from the streets, the army claimed they were looking for bombs to bomb the side of the road. According to Red Crescent member Ahmed Zahran, “medical teams have been hampered since the start of the assault,” with access to Nur Shams camp and institutions being obstructed.
Military official Nadav Shoshani said that Wednesday’s operation was no “extremely different” from their normal activities. However, Foreign Minister Israel Katz referred to it as” a war” aimed at dismantling” Iranian-Islamic terror infrastructure”.
He urged Israeli forces to “advance with the same determination ( as ) in Gaza, including temporary evacuation of residents,” which has forced the majority of Gazans to flee their homes in a post on social media platform X.
No one can go beyond, they say.
Salam Azaizeh, a 34-year-old person, found herself trapped in a friend’s house during an Jewish military assault in the West Bank town of Jenin. The Israeli troops engaged in gunfights with trained fighters, and they used bulldozers to detonate buildings while destroying roads in the process.
Azaizeh said,” no one can get outside”, adding that” we’re hearing disturbing sound”, the New York times reported.
Azaizeh lives in a area known as the Jenin tent, which was originally a refugee station for Palestinians who were forced to leave their homes in what is now Israel in 1948 and not received any permission to return.
Although the amount of the conflict was unknown, a nearby Israeli military team based in Jenin claimed on Telegram that it was fighting with Israeli forces in two settlements on the town’s outskirts.
Azaizeh said,” We want to get out of the danger zone,” and that she was thinking about temporarily relocating if the military did n’t leave soon.
Our kids are “dead,” they say.
After receiving removal requests from Jewish government, Doctors Without Borders reported that “nearly 650 people have fled” the Deir el-Balah hospital’s region.
Following the” totally unacceptable” incident, the UN’s World Food Programme announced that it would be suspending staff movements in Gaza “until further notice”.
Samia Baker, a resident of the makeshift displacement camp in central Gaza’s Nuseirat, referred to it as” the street of death”. She said,” We have no water, the children have no food, no clothes, we have nothing. We ask the entire world to help us leave this place. Our children are dying”.
Spiral of destruction and genocide
The State Department claimed that the government had been behind the forcibly relocating about 250 villagers and perpetrating violence against Palestinians in an Israeli settler organization, and the US government on Wednesday put sanctions on it.
Prime Minister Netanyahu’s office expressed their strong disapproval of the new sanctions, stating that he considered them with “utmost severity”.
Jordan, a neighboring nation to Israel and the West Bank, urged the international community to take action to stop” the radicalism of this Israeli government.” The occupied West Bank’s Foreign Minister, Ayman Safadi, stated on X that” Israel’s expansion of its war against Palestinians in the occupied WB is a dangerous escalation that must be stopped.”
Izzat Rishq, an official from Hamas, interpreted the sanctions as a call to “expand the spiral of destruction and genocide”.
In addition, Islamic Jihad, a Palestinian organization that is associated with Hamas and maintains a significant presence in the northern West Bank, criticized what they termed an “open war” by Israel.
And, the Israeli military reported that a strike in the Syria-Lebanon border area resulted in the death of a” significant” Islamic Jihad operations officer. Four people were killed in the attack, according to a Syrian war monitor who confirmed the report.
What is West Bank?
The West Bank, a region that is similar to a kidney and borders Israel and Jordan, has been a source of conflict for many years between Israelis and Palestinians. It is home to approximately 3 million Palestinians and 500, 000 settlers.
Following the 1948 conflict that led to the creation of Israel, the West Bank emerged as a distinct territory. The West Bank, which was later occupied and annexed by Jordan, was where many Palestinians were displaced from their homes during this conflict, according to the New York Times.
Israel seized control of the West Bank and other locations in 1967 as a result of a conflict with the Arab neighbors. The West Bank’s ancient sites and rolling hills were regarded as the center of their divinely promised homeland by religious Jews.
Over time, a two-tier system developed in the West Bank. Within Israel’s internationally recognized borders, including the right to vote in Israeli elections, are the same rights and privileges as those of their neighbors. In contrast, their Palestinian neighbors are subject to Israeli military rule and have never had the opportunity to cast ballot for Israel’s government despite how their daily lives are affected by its decisions.
According to an AFP tally based on official Israeli figures, the October 7 attack by Hamas resulted in 1, 199 deaths, primarily civilians, and additionally, Palestinian militants captured 251 individuals during the attack, with 103 still being held in Gaza, including 33 that the military believes to be deceased,
According to the health ministry in Gaza, at least 40, 534 people have died as a result of Israel’s retaliatory military campaign.
The UN Human Rights Office expressed concern that Israel’s raids might worsen the already dire situation in the West Bank. At least 637 Palestinians have been killed since October 7 by Israeli troops or settlers in the West Bank, according to UN statistics and official statements, and at least 19 Israelis have been killed by Palestinian attacks. According to the UN rights office, the majority of the casualties are mostly children and women.
