On Thursday, Israeli forces executed three Palestinian young men and injured one, in addition to bombing and demolishing a home in the town of Qabatiya, south of Jenin in the northern occupied West Bank.
Media sources said an undercover Israeli unit infiltrated the town of Qabatiya, south of Jenin, in the afternoon, and surrounded a Palestinian-owned home in the “Al-Kahlisha” area, before a large army force invaded the town, accompanied by a front-end-loader.
Soldiers fired several “Energa” high-explosive anti-tank rifle grenades at the besieged house, sparking fierce resistance from armed Palestinian fighters, who exchanged heavy fire with the army.
According to the Governor of Jenin, Kamal Abu Al-Rub, the occupation authorities announced that two young men were killed and that their bodies were confiscated, while the Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) transported one slain young man to the Al-Razi Hospital in Jenin.
Media sources identified two of the executed young men as Mohammad Shalabi (Abu Al-Jaber) and Mohammad Turkman (Abu Al-Asri), both of whom were residents of the Jenin refugee camp.
According to Fawaz Hammad, the director of Al-Razi Hospital, the slain young man, Qais Mohammad Zakarneh, 21, arrived at the hospital having sustained a gunshot wound to the head.
The PRCS reported that one young man sustained wounds in his back as a result of live bullet fragments.
It was added that an Apache attack helicopter flew overhead, while heavy machinery proceeded to demolish the bombed home, where two of the bodies of the young men were still present.
Locals captured on video, the heavy machinery demolishing the bombed home, and desecrating the remains of one of the slain young man that was shot and killed in the home.
According to Rule #113 of International Humanitarian Law; The prohibition of mutilating dead bodies in international armed conflicts is covered by the war crime of “committing outrages upon personal dignity” under the Statute of the International Criminal Court.
Meanwhile, videos were published of occupation forces opening fire towards journalists who were in the area covering the events; no injuries were reported.
At dawn Thursday, Israeli forces invaded the city of Jenin and the Jenin refugee camp in the northern occupied West Bank, and carried out a sabotage operation which lasted for at least thirteen hours.
The army declared the Jenin camp a closed military zone, and conducted an brutal attack against the city and its camp causing destruction of roads, vehicles, electricity networks, and homes.
At dawn Thursday, Israeli forces invaded the city of Jenin and the Jenin refugee camp in the northern occupied West Bank, and carried out a sabotage operation which lasted for at least thirteen hours.
The army declared the Jenin camp a closed military zone, and conducted an brutal attack against the city and its camp causing destruction of roads, vehicles, electricity networks, and homes.
Media sources said that soldiers prevented citizens from entering or leaving it the camp, and attacked medical teams and ambulances.
According to Mustafa Hamarshe, the Deputy Director of Jenin Governmental Hospital, said that the army imposed a complete siege on the entrances to the camp, making it difficult for ambulances to reach the hospital.
A D-9 military bulldozer razed several streets in the city and camp, while the army stormed several citizens’ homes, destroyed citizens’ vehicles, fruit and vegetable stands, and fences, while a power outage affected large areas of the city and camp.
The army carried out a drone strike against a motorcycle in the Jabriyat neighborhood; no injuries were reported.
Soldiers also shot a young man before abducting him, and abducted at least three other citizens, including a woman.
According to Nidal Obeidi, the Mayor of the city of Jenin, the army turned the city and its camp into a disaster area, causing destruction of infrastructure, including electricity networks, and citizens’ private property, including homes, vehicles, and commercial stalls.
Obeidi added that the catastrophic destruction to infrastructure far exceeds the city’s ability to reconstruct, pointing out that all the previous reconstruction efforts have been destroyed once again.
Ma’an News Agency quoted the Israeli army spokesman who said that a soldier was injured during the operation in which the Duvdovan unit and special forces participated.
On Tuesday, Israeli forces assassinated six Palestinian young men, and shot another, in the town of Kafr Dan, northwest of Jenin in the northern West Bank.
The slain Palestinians were identified as:
1. Mohammad Hazza’ Marei
2. Ahmad Mohammad Samoudi,
3. Ayman Abdul-Karim Abu Fadala,
4. Saqer Arif Aabed, 28,
5. Mustafa Allam Marei, 21, and
6. Ahmad Mohammad Abu Obeid, 21.
