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Mahmoud Ashraf Mustafa Gharbia, 14, Moamen Ibrahim Mahmoud Abu Al-Haija,Amir Ibrahim Mahmoud Abu Al-Haija, Baha Ibrahim Mahmoud Abu Al-Haija, Hussam Hassan Issa Qanouh, & Ibrahim Mustafa Ibrahim Saleh Qanari. Published by IMEMC News [not necessarily named in order displayed] Published by IMEMC News

The slain child, Mahmoud Ashraf Mustafa Gharbia, 14. Published by IMEMC News

Palestinian women in the Jenin refugee camp, on Thursday. Credit: Raneen Sawafta / Reuters. Published by Haaretz

Palestinians carry the body of an individual killed in the strike, on Thursday. Credit: Raneen Sawafta / Reuters. Published by Haaretz
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by IMEMC News
Jan 15, 2025

Israeli forces assassinated six Palestinians, including a child, on Tuesday, after a drone strike targeted a group of citizens in the Jenin refugee camp, in the northern occupied West Bank.

The Palestinian Health Ministry announced that six Palestinians were killed and three others were injured as a result of the Israeli airstrike; the Ministry reported that four slain citizens arrived at the Jenin Governmental Hospital, while two others arrived at the Ibn Sina Hospital in Jenin.

The Ministry identified the slain citizens as;

1. Mahmoud Ashraf Mustafa Gharbia, 14,

2. Moamen Ibrahim Mahmoud Abu Al-Haija, 27,

3. Amir Ibrahim Mahmoud Abu Al-Haija, 26,

4. Baha Ibrahim Mahmoud Abu Al-Haija, 32,

5. Hussam Hassan Issa Qanouh, 33, and

6. Ibrahim Mustafa Ibrahim Saleh Qanari, 26.

Media sources said that six Palestinian citizens, including a child and three brothers, were killed when an occupation drone fired three missiles at the gathering of citizens in the Jenin refugee camp.

In a statement, the Israeli military announced that the assassination operation was a joint effort by the occupation army and the Shin Bet, Israel’s intelligence agency.

In response to the Israeli attack on the Jenin refugee camp, Brigadier General Anwar Rajab, the spokesman for the Palestinian Security Forces, said that despite the efforts of its security forces to maintain security and order, the army proceeded to bomb the Jenin camp with missiles.

Rajab added that the army’s blatant and pre-planned attack was intended to disrupt every national endeavor that contributes to protecting our people.

Since the beginning of the Israeli military onslaught against the Gaza Strip on October 7, 2023, Israeli forces have killed 852 Palestinians in the West Bank, including 174 children, and injured 7,000.
The distribution of those killed in the West Bank is as follows; 231 in Jenin, 196 in Tulkarem, 95 in Nablus, 78 in Hebron, 72 in Tubas, 59 in Ramallah, 50 in occupied Jerusalem, 33 in Qalqilia, 22 in Bethlehem, 12 in Jericho, 12 inside Israel, and 4 in Salfit.

Since October 7, 2023, Israeli forces have killed 46,645 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, most of whom are women and children, and injured 110,012 citizens, while the bodies of thousands of citizens remain buried under the rubble of the devastated coastal enclave.

Meanwhile, undercover Israeli agents “Musta’ribeen” infiltrated the town of Qabatiya, south of Jenin, and besieged a residential building.
Media sources said that Israeli special forces infiltrated Qabatiya town on Tuesday morning, before surrounding a home, while military reinforcements were pushed towards the town, accompanied by a military bulldozer.

Later, Montaser Samour, the director of the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society in Jenin, said that occupation forces abducted the young man, Mustafa Khamayseh, after surrounding, storming, and searching his house in the town.

Furthermore, the army invaded the village of Rummanah, northwest of Jenin, sparking protests from local Palestinians.

Media sources said that Israeli forces stormed the village of Rummanah on Tuesday afternoon, and opened fire with concussion grenades and tear gas canisters at those who resisted the incursion; no injuries or arrests were reported.




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Six Palestinians killed in Israeli strike on West Bank's Jenin, health ministry says

by Jack Khoury, Hagar Shezaf, Reuters
for Haaretz
Jan 15, 2025

The IDF said on Tuesday night that an Air Force aircraft conducted a strike in the Jenin area in the West Bank.

According to the Palestinian Ministry of Health, six people were killed in the airstrike and several injured. The ministry said the injured were in stable condition, according to a statement.

This is the first Israeli strike in Jenin since the Palestinian Authority launched a crackdown on militants in the West Bank last month.
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Palestinians Say Six Killed Tuesday in Airstrike on Jenin Refugee Camp

The Palestinian Health Ministry says the dead include a 15-year old boy. This is the first time that the IDF has hit Jenin since the Palestinian security forces launched a operation there a month ago. Sources in the city told Haaretz that the strike intensified calls against the operation

by Jack Khoury and Hagar Shezaf for Haaretz
Jan 15, 2025

The Israeli military confirmed an IAF strike in the area Tuesday, and on Wednesday the Israel Defense Forces and the Shin Bet security service announced another attack in Jenin.

These were the first IDF strikes on Jenin since the Palestinian security forces launched an operation there in mid-December.

The Palestinian Health Ministry named the dead as Mahmoud Ashraf Mustafa Gharbiyeh, 15; Hussam Hassan Qanouh, 34; Ibrahim Mustafa Qaneiry, 23; and brothers Amir, Mo'men and Bahaa Abu al-Hayja, ages 27, 28 and 33.

Sources in Jenin told Haaretz that the strike and its results have intensified the protest in the city and public calls to the Palestinian Authority to end its own operation in the camp. They said some residents claim Israel is using the Palestinian security forces to strike gunmen in the camp.

The Palestinian Authority has not formally announced a halt to the operation, but has expressed great dissatisfaction about the developments.

Palestinian security forces spokesman Anwar Rajab condemned Tuesday's strike, calling it a deliberate attempt to thwart efforts to maintain security and order."

He said it reflected Israel's intention of "disrupting every national initiative aimed at defending the Palestinian people" and condemned the strike's timing – at a time when he said that the security forces were showing "flexibility toward the initiative presented by local parties in the city to deal with the crisis."

In mid-December, the Palestinian security forces announced the launch of an operation to arrest gunmen in the Jenin refugee camp in an attempt to restore the Palestinian Authority's control of it.

In mid-December, the Palestinian security forces announced the launch of an operation to arrest gunmen in the Jenin refugee camp in an attempt to restore the Palestinian Authority's control of it.

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