JENIN, January 21, 2025 (WAFA) – Israeli occupation forces Wednesday evening besieged a house in Birqin village, west of the occupied West Bank city of Jenin, according to eyewitnesses.

They said that the occupation troops surrounded the house and ordered those inside the house via loudspeakers to surrender, triggering confrontations.

The heavily armed soldiers used military drones to fire ENERGA anti-tank missiles at the house, at a time when additional military reinforcements made their way to the town.

Hassan Subh, Mayor of Briqin, told WAFA that in the course of the raid, the soldiers used women as human shields.

This came as the occupation forces launched a massive raid on Jenin city and refugee camp, resulting in ten fatalities and 40 casualties just on Tuesday.

Israeli occupation forces frequently raid Palestinian houses almost daily across the West Bank on the pretext of searching for "wanted" Palestinians, triggering clashes with residents.

These raids, which also take place in areas under the full control of the Palestinian Authority, are conducted with no need for a search warrant, whenever and wherever the military chooses in keeping with its sweeping arbitrary powers.

Under Israeli military law army commanders have full executive, legislative, and judicial authority over 3 million Palestinians living in the West Bank. Palestinians have no say in how this authority is exercised.

K.F.