JENIN, Friday, October 27, 2023 (WAFA) - Three Palestinian young men were shot dead and 12 others were wounded by Israeli gunfire last night as a large contingent of Israeli occupation forces stormed the city of Jenin and the surrounding outskirts, according to local and medical sources.
Dr. Wisam Bakr, the director of Jenin Public Hospital, confirmed the killing of two young men. Abdullah Basam Abu Al-Haija, a resident of the town of Yamun, west of Jenin, who succumbed to multiple gunshot wounds across his body.
Another young man, Ayser Mohammad Al-Amer from the Jenin refugee camp, was also confirmed killed in the Israeli raid.
After the Israeli occupation forces withdrew from Jenin and its refugee camp, local residents discovered a third Palestinian killed among the trees near the Martyr Shireen Abu Akleh Street, adjacent to the Jenin refugee camp. The slain Palestinian was identified as Jawad Al-Turki.
During the Israeli raid, Israeli occupation forces fired at an ambulance and and prevented it from reaching the injured Al-Amer. The forces left him to bleed until he tragically succumbed to his wounds, medical sources said
Earlier in the night, a large Israeli military force, accompanied by two D9 bulldozers, launched an incursion into Jenin. The forces carried out searches and raids in the vicinity of the Ibn Sina Hospital, the Zahra neighborhood in the city, and the outskirts of the Jenin camp. Snipers were deployed in these buildings and houses.
Additionally, Israeli bulldozers engaged in extensive excavation activities on the outskirts of the Jenin camp, damaging streets, infrastructure, and the main water supply pipeline to the camp.
Israeli occupation forces further sealed off the roads leading to the camp using earthen barriers, attempting to isolate it, especially from the adjacent city of Jenin.
With the tragic losses of Abu Al-Haija, Al-Amer, and Al-Turki, the number of Palestinians killed by Israeli occupation forces in the West Bank since October 7 has risen to 109, with over 1,900 individuals sustaining injuries.
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