JENIN, April 21, 2025 (WAFA) – The Israeli occupation continues its aggression on the city and camp of Jenin for the 91st consecutive day, amidst bulldozing, burning homes, and converting others into military barracks.
Occupation forces continue to send military reinforcements, accompanied by fuel and water tankers, from the Jalameh checkpoint to the vicinity of Jenin camp.
Jenin Mayor Muhammad Jarrar said in a phone call with WAFA that occupation forces are continuing to demolish homes inside Jenin camp, while tightening the siege and preventing any party or person from entering.
He pointed out that the municipality's technical crews are continuing to work around the camp and on its outskirts, while efforts continue in the western region to repair the infrastructure destroyed by the occupation, despite the looming dangers.
Jarrar confirmed that statistics indicate that 600 housing units have been completely destroyed in the camp, in addition to the partial destruction of other homes, rendering them uninhabitable.
According to the Ministry of Public Works, work is underway to provide temporary shelter for the displaced in the Wadi Burqin area. The shelter will initially include 32 mobile homes, each accommodating five people.
Jenin Governor Kamal Abu al-Rub stated yesterday that efforts are continuing to resolve the temporary displacement crisis in the Jenin and Tulkarm governorates by providing caravans on plots of land near the camps.
According to Abu al-Rub, the number of displaced people has reached 21,000, distributed throughout the governorate. There are 6,000 in the city, 3,200 in the Arab American University dormitories, and 4,181 in Burqin.
On Sunday evening, 25-year-old Suleiman Fawaz Manasra was killed after Israeli occupation forces fired live bullets at him at the entrance to Homesh colony, built on the lands of the town of Silat al-Dhahr, south of Jenin. His body was seized by Israeli occupation forces.
Israeli occupation forces also closed the road between the cities of Nablus and Jenin and the entrance to the town of Bazariya, alleging that a shooting attack had been carried out in the area.
Yesterday, Israeli occupation forces detained two young men from the town of Arraba, south of Jenin, after raiding and searching their homes.
Israeli occupation forces also stormed the towns of Kafr Dan and Yamoun, west of Jenin, deployed throughout their neighborhoods, fired live ammunition at civilians, and targeted journalists while covering the Israeli aggression at one of the entrances to Jenin refugee camp.
Israeli bulldozers placed earth mounds around the Tawalbeh Mosque at the northern entrance to Jenin refugee camp, while drones continued to fly over the city and camp.
The Israeli occupation forces continue their military training around the Jalameh military checkpoint, north of Jenin, where they occasionally fire live ammunition around Jenin refugee camp.
The number of slain Palestinians in the Jenin Governorate since the beginning of the Israeli aggression on the city and camp 91 days ago has reached 39, with dozens more injured and detained.
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