Israeli forces killed three Palestinians, and injured ten, three seriously, when an armed drone fired a missile at a group of citizens in the Eastern neighborhood of Jenin city, in the northern occupied West Bank.
Late Wednesday night, Israeli forces stormed the eastern neighborhood in the city of Jenin, leading to protests among local Palestinian youths, while reconnaissance drones hovered overhead.
Soldiers invaded and ransacked many homes in the neighborhood, while firing tear gas canisters and live ammunition, and they were met with fierce resistance from armed Palestinian fighters who exchanged heavy fire with the occupation army.
An armed drone fired a missile at a group of Palestinian men, killing three young men and a child and injuring 10 others including three seriously, near the Khaled Bin Al-Waleed Mosque in the Eastern neighborhood.
The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) said that its crews transported three who were killed and three who sustained serious injuries to hospitals in the city.
Two of the slain Palestinians were identified as Ahmed Jamal Abu Zina, 27, and the child, Bashar Haitham Abu Zaid.
Medical sources at Ibn Sina Hospital said that they received two Palestinians killed by a drone strike, and five who were injured, including one seriously, the sources at Al-Razi Hospital said that five injuries, two of whom were deemed in serious condition, arrived at the hospital.
On Thursday morning, the Ministry of Health announced that a third young man identified as Ayoub Muhammad Saleh Jalamneh, 27, had succumbed to serious wounds as a result of the drone strike in the eastern neighborhood.
More than five “Energa” missiles were fired into an unknown number of homes after they were evacuated and their residents interrogated in the Eastern neighborhood.
One of the homeowners said that his home and those adjacent to it were besieged, evacuated and then bombed with a missile and a targeted with a barrage of live rounds.
After midnight, more reinforcements were sent to the city for the continuation of the brutal attack which is still ongoing for the third consecutive day.
Earlier in the evening, soldiers fired an “Energa” missile at a barber shop in the Jenin refugee camp, completely destroying it.
According to the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) occupation forces abducted more than 500 Palestinians since the beginning of the continuous incursion, many of whom have since been released.
Earlier on Wednesday, soldiers shot a young woman in the chest and a young man in the head with live ammunition in the Jenin refugee camp.
Meanwhile, two young men sustained shrapnel wounds in the upper part of the body, another woman was shot in the foot, and two others were assaulted by occupation forces and suffered from various injuries.
In the Jenin refugee camp, the army fired an “Energa” missile at a Palestinian-owned home, destroying it completely.
At least three citizens were abducted after soldiers invaded and searched their homes in the city.
