in the occupied West Bank, an Israeli military operation targets the Jenin refugee camp

Since Tuesday, Israeli security forces have launched Operation Iron Wall in Jenin, in the occupied West Bank.

UN Secretary-General calls on Israeli security forces to “maximum hold” in the occupied West Bank. Since Tuesday January 21, a military operation called “Iron Wall” has been underway in the north, in Jenin. According to the Palestinian authorities, ten people were killed and around 35 others were injured.

Combat helicopters, armored vehicles, drones, detonations and soldiers entering the city. The raid targets the Jenin refugee camp, regularly the target of Israeli military operations against members or leaders of armed groups.

A major raid, which Noor, a resident, witnessed: “When they started shooting at people in the street, they injured a nurse and a doctor. We filmed them and they stopped the ambulances from taking them to the hospital. That's what I saw Their vehicles also blocked the road to prevent us from accessing the Jenin camp.she says.

Alongside this “Iron Wall” operation, settler attacks have intensified in the West Bank in recent hours. In several Palestinian communities, residents were attacked and houses and cars burned. Attacks which coincide with the lifting of American sanctions against extremist settlers.

Jenin, and in particular its refugee camp, is regularly the target of Israeli military operations against members or leaders of armed groups. In recent months, operations have followed one another, leaving entire neighborhoods cut off from each other, in particular because the asphalt of certain roads has been torn up by Israeli bulldozers. The army explains that it uses these devices to protect itself from explosive devices.

The UN Secretary General said:very worried” of this violence in the West Bank, “in particular the large-scale military operation underway in Jenin“, according to Farhan Haq, his deputy spokesperson. Antonio Guterres called Israel “to exercise maximum restraint and use deadly force only when absolutely unavoidable to protect lives“.