By TV channel Al Jazeera, At least eight people were injured as a result of the Israeli army’s attack on the West Bank city of Jenin. It was previously reported that 3 Palestinians were injured.
While the number of injured continues, the number is expected to increase as the conflict continues.
Israeli forces blocked access to the city and set up checkpoints at all entrances to the city. More than 50 armored vehicles, including bulldozers, were involved in the raid carried out by hundreds of Israeli soldiers.
Additionally, according to Al Jazeera, the Israeli army surrounded the three main hospitals in Jenin and closed their entrances. They attack the courtyards of these hospitals and lay siege to them, blocking the movement of ambulances and preventing them from delivering the wounded.
The situation in the Middle East escalated after thousands of Hamas militants infiltrated Israel from the Gaza Strip on October 7, when Hamas announced the launch of Operation Al-Aqsa Flood. In response, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announcedthat the country is at war.
The aim of Israel’s response to Operation Iron Sword was to repel the attack, release more than 200 hostages, including foreigners, and destroy Hamas. In order to achieve this goal, Israel launched major rocket attacks on the Gaza Strip from the first day of the operation. At the same time, the Israeli National Security Council decided to stop the supply of water, food, goods, electricity and fuel to the sector. Humanitarian aid shipments to Gaza began to be sent through the Rafah checkpoint only after October 20, and it was stated that their volume was insufficient.
27 October Israel announced About the “expansion” of the ground operation in Gaza. It is not known exactly when the operation started, but before the operation, hundreds of thousands of Palestinians fled their homes and moved to shelters and the south of the region. November 5, as part of the ground operation of IDF forces surrounded Gaza city and supplies cut off, still exists in central Gaza to continue fights.
Previously Hamas launched first hostages.