The UN has said that Israel is now using “war-like tactics” against Palestinians in the northern West Bank. Meanwhile, Netanyahu has reiterated his insistence on maintaining an Israeli military presence along the Philadelphi Corridor.
As the Israeli assault on the northern West Bank enters its sixth day, Palestinians launched two attacks on Israelis in Hebron to the south. Meanwhile, the death of six Israeli captives in Gaza caused widespread anti-Netanyahu protests in Tel Aviv.
The Palestinian resistance in Jenin attacked Israeli military vehicles in a “double ambush” using improvised explosives, resulting in the death of an Israeli soldier, the injury of 16 others, and the immobilization of an armored troop carrier.
During a military raid on Jenin, Israeli soldiers strapped an injured Palestinian civilian to the front of a military jeep and paraded him through the street as a human shield. He was eventually handed over to Palestinian medical teams.
Airstrikes continue across the Gaza Strip as the Israeli ground invasion continues in Jabalia and Rafah, displacing thousands. Meanwhile, the Israeli army launched a wide-ranging invasion of Jenin refugee camp, killing 12 people.
The Israeli army withdrew from Jenin refugee camp after a three-day incursion that left 12 Palestinians dead. But the armed resistance in the camp remains defiant, vowing to repel all invaders.
Since October 7, my friend Aseel watched as her community in Jenin refugee camp became a target of Israeli attack. “They have even been aggressive toward the infrastructure, as though every inch of our city was resisting them,” she said.
The Israeli army is now killing resistance fighters in the Jenin Brigade using drones after several failed assassination attempts by Israeli special forces on the ground, an associate of the Jenin Brigade told Mondoweiss.
Israeli forces disguised as hospital workers and civilians entered Jenin’s Ibn Sina Hospital and assassinated three Palestinians as they slept. The brazen killing marks an unprecedented escalation in Israel’s war on Palestinians in the West Bank.
At least 11 Palestinians were killed in the West Bank on Sunday, including seven who were killed in a single Israeli airstrike on Jenin. “They’re dealing with us like Gaza, attacking civilians,” a fighter with the Qabatiya Brigade tells Mondoweiss.