Individuals examine the harm after an Israeli strike hit a compound beneath a mosque that the Israeli navy stated was being utilized by militants to prepare assaults, in Jenin refugee camp within the Israeli-occupied West Financial institution, October 22, 2023. REUTERS
Palestinian medics reported that at the least one particular person was killed after Israeli plane attacked a facility beneath a mosque within the occupied West Financial institution early on Sunday. The navy claimed the compound was being utilized by militants to plan assaults.
The West Financial institution has seen a rise in violence after Hamas gunmen from Gaza carried out a deadly assault in Israel on October 7. This airstrike is at the least the second that Israel has launched previously few days.
In response to Israel, the Jenin refugee camp’s facility beneath al-Ansar Mosque was owned by Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad brokers who had carried out assaults within the previous months.
“Intel was recently received which indicated that the terrorists, (who) were neutralized, were organizing an imminent terror attack,” the navy stated in an announcement.
The navy launched photographs that it stated confirmed an entrance to a bunker beneath the mosque. It additionally launched a diagram that it stated confirmed the place militants had saved weapons there.
Jenin refugee camp, a Palestinian militant stronghold, was the main focus of a serious Israeli navy operation earlier this 12 months.
Footage on social media, showing to indicate the scene of the air strike, confirmed a gaping gap in one of many mosque’s exterior partitions, surrounded by particles. A number of dozen Palestinians are seen assessing the harm, as ambulance sirens blare within the background.
The Palestinian Purple Crescent ambulance service stated at the least one Palestinian was killed and three others injured. It had earlier stated that two folks have been killed.
Residents of the camp stated they obtained warnings from the Israeli navy to avoid the militants as a consequence of an impending incursion into the camp. They stated the navy didn’t specify a date.
Because the Oct. 7 Hamas rampage, which has drawn two weeks of deadly Israeli bombardment of Gaza, at the least 84 Palestinians within the West Financial institution have been killed in clashes with Israeli forces, Palestinian officers say.
On Thursday, Israel’s navy stated it raided and carried out an air strike in a refugee camp close to the central metropolis of Tulkarm. The navy stated the raid was aimed partially at apprehending suspects and confiscating weapons. Palestinians stated at the least 12 have been killed.
(With inputs from companies)