In Photos: Palestinian Authority condemns brutal Israeli destruction of Jenin buildings

Ahram Online , Monday 3 Feb 2025

The Palestinian foreign ministry on Sunday condemned the Israeli military's widespread destruction of buildings in Jenin in the occupied West Bank.

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Smoke billows from the site of several explosions during an Israeli raid in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin. AFP

 

The ministry "condemns, in the strongest terms, the bombings committed by the Israeli occupation forces... including their action today, Sunday, to blow up large neighbourhoods of the Jenin camp," it said in a statement, describing it as a "brutal scene."

The Israeli occupation forces continued their aggression on the city of Jenin and its camp for the fourteenth consecutive day, killing 25 Palestinians and wounding and detaining dozens.


Relatives bid farewell to a Palestinian man, recently killed during an Israeli military raid in Jenin after Israel permitted bodies kept at a hospital morgue to be buried on February 2, 2025. AFP

 

Israeli bulldozers demolished dozens of homes amidst a large displacement operation that affected 15,000 civilians.

On Sunday, Walid Lahlouh, an elderly man, was killed by the bullets of the occupation forces at the entrance to Jenin camp. Another man was shot and wounded in the Al-Jabariyat neighbourhood of the city.

The occupation forces blew up about 20 buildings in the eastern part of Jenin camp after booby-trapping them, which caused damage to some sections of Jenin Governmental Hospital. No injuries were reported, however.


Israeli soldiers take up a position during a military raid in the al-Fara camp for Palestinian refugees south of Jenin in the occupied West Bank on February 2, 2025. AFP


An Israeli military bulldozer digs up a street in the al-Fara camp for Palestinian refugees south of Jenin in the occupied West Bank on February 2, 2025. AFP

 

Rampage all around!
 

Meanwhile, deadly Israeli raids into various villages and cities in the occupied territories continued unabated.

On Sunday, during a military raid on the Al-Arroub refugee camp north of Hebron, Israeli forces shot and killed Mohammed Ahmad Hdoosh.

Hdoosh, 27, a first Sergeant in the Customs Police Authority, was rushed to the Beit Fajjar Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead shortly after.

Sources told WAFA that Israeli forces stormed the camp, deploying snipers on the rooftops of several homes and the windows of a mosque and attacking residents with live fire and tear gas canisters.

On Monday, dozens of Israeli settlers stormed Al-Aqsa Mosque in groups under the protection of Israeli soldiers.

The settlers carried out provocative tours in its courtyards, performing Talmudic rituals as occupation soldiers imposed restrictions on the entry of worshipers at the gates of the Old City and Al-Aqsa Mosque.

Also on Monday, the Israeli occupation forces continued the aggression on the city of Tulkarm and its camp for the eighth consecutive day, raiding and vandalizing homes, forcing their residents to flee, and detaining Palestinian young men.

The occupation forces also raided homes in the suburb of Ezbet al-Tayah, south of Tulkarm city, and detained five young men, including two brothers.

The occupation forces continued to besiege the Martyr Thabet Thabet Governmental Hospital and the Israa Specialized Hospital, obstructing the work of ambulances and medical crews by subjecting them to search and field investigation while turning the surrounding buildings into military outposts and sniper locations.

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