JERUSALEM. The Israeli Army maintained its fourth consecutive day military offensive and besieged two hospitals in Jenin, in the north of West Bank occupied Gaza, where the Palestinian emergency services reported that troops again opened fire on one of its ambulances.
These military incursions in the north of West Bank occupied are the largest in the last two decades, since Wednesday Israeli troops, snipers, drones and armored vehicles stormed into the Palestinian towns and camps of Tubas, Tulkarem and Jenin.
Since then, at least 23 Palestinians have been killed, 14 of them in Jenin, including two young men in fighting yesterday; following the withdrawal in recent days of Tubas and Tulkaremwith four and five dead, respectively.
A soldier Israeli died and three others were injured (one seriously) during an armed clash with militants in Jenin.
The deceased soldier has been identified as Elkana Navon, 20, the Army reported. According to a preliminary investigation, the soldiers exchanged gunfire with two armed mens, presumably from Hamas, before they were killed.
Israel earlier said it had killed a leader of the Islamist group Hamas in Jenin in an airstrike.
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In a statement, the Government Hospital Jenin announced the suspension of its dialysis services due to disruptions in essential supplies caused by the Israeli military offensive in the city.
The hospital under siege faces a power shortage, after the Israeli forces damage the power lines and the hospital would depend on electric generators.
Due to the heavy load of these generators, the text explains, apartments have been consolidated, air conditioning has been turned off and oxygen stations are only partially functioning.
In addition, the Palestinian government denounced that trucks with water tanks They are not able to enter this medical center due to the military siegeeven though Israeli excavators were the ones that destroyed the pipes that supplied it.
Shooting at ambulances
For its part, the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS)emergency service present both in West Bank As in Gaza, he reported in X that Israeli troops opened fire on one of his ambulances “despite prior coordination” to enter the Jenin refugee camp.
He Israeli Army He said that “there were no shots fired at any ambulances” and said he had not received any reports of damage. But according to PRCSThis is the fourth such attack, including gunfire by Israeli forces yesterday that wounded a doctor and a driver.
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In addition, this organization warned that Israel They are not being allowed to evacuate or treat the wounded in the Al Damj neighbourhood, where clashes continue between Israeli forces and armed resistance fighters.
Since Wednesday, PRCS claims to have been able to evacuate 20 people injured bullet wounds, including an 18-month-old baby, and dozens more less seriously injured. At least 22 other Palestinians have been arrested in the occupied West Bank in the past two days, according to the Commission on Detainees.