Three Palestinian militants were killed on Tuesday after Israeli special forces dressed as civilians broke into a hospital in the West Bank city of Jenin and took their beds. This was reported by AFP. CONTINUE FULL READING>>>>>
According to the Israeli army, the operation was carried out as a preventive measure against a terrorist group that was preparing a potential attack. According to the Palestinian Ministry of Health, Israeli forces opened fire inside the hospital without warning, denouncing the raid as a “new occupation massacre”.
The raid, which lasted less than 10 minutes, was captured by surveillance cameras. The footage showed Israeli soldiers dressed as doctors, nurses and women entering the hospital and heading to the third floor, where the militants were staying. They used silenced pistols to shoot them dead.
The Israeli army identified the slain militants as members of the Jenin Brigade, a coalition of armed groups that operate in the Jenin refugee camp. One of them was Jalamneh, a Hamas operative who was wanted for his involvement in a shooting attack that killed six Israelis in Jerusalem in October 2022. The army said he was also behind several other attacks and had contacts with the Hamas leadership abroad.
The other two were brothers Mohamed and Basel Ghazawi, who belonged to the Islamic Jihad, another militant faction. The army said they were also involved in terrorist activity in the area and had been born in the Jenin refugee camp.
The Israeli army said the raid was necessary to prevent a terrorist attack that was inspired by the Jerusalem massacre and that the militants had used the hospital as a hideout and a weapons depot. It also accused the militant groups of using civilian areas and hospitals as shields and bases for their operations, and said it had faced similar situations in the Gaza Strip, where Hamas militants had taken refuge in hospitals. CONTINUE FULL READING>>>>>
