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The Palestinian Ministry of Health announced this Saturday that at least two young people have died and eleven other people have been injured during a “large-scale” assault by the Israeli Army on the refugee camp in the West Bank town of Jenin.
The operation was aimed at a former released Palestinian prisoner, identified as Salé Abu Zina, whose house was surrounded by soldiers and bulldozers, with the intention of arresting his son Mohamed and his brother, Salé, according to the official Palestinian news agency Wafa.
The two young people have been identified as Mahmud Al Sus and Ahmed Mohamed Husein Daragme, both 16 years old, and at least three of the injured are in serious condition, according to a statement from the Ministry collected by the Palestinian agency Maan.
During the Israeli assault, the population of the camp has risen up against the military, who have used tear gas and shots in the air under the supervision of a helicopter to disperse the protesters.
The Israeli Army has limited itself to confirming the operation, as well as the arrest of a still unidentified Palestinian, according to military sources told the ‘Haaretz’ newspaper.
“OPEN WAR ON THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE”
The Presidency of the Palestinian Authority has denounced an “open war” by Israel against the Palestinian people and has recalled that in the last 24 hours four young Palestinians have died in Israeli military operations in Qalqilya, Ramallah and Jenin.
“The Israeli occupying government is wrong if it thinks that the murder of dozens of our people, hundreds of wounded, the destruction of dozens of houses and the continuous attacks by settlers will provide them with security and stability,” said the spokesman for the Palestinian Presidency. , Nabil Abu Rudeina, quoted by the Palestinian news agency WAFA.
In addition, Rudeina has warned that the Israeli escalation “pushes things towards an explosion, towards a point of no return that will have devastating consequences for everyone.”
At the international level, the Palestinian authorities urge the United States to fulfill its commitment to avoid any “unilateral” initiative and to pressure Israel to “stop its open war against the Palestinian people before it is too late.” “Convictions alone are no longer enough. It is no longer acceptable that there is a double standard,” she has riveted.
