The Occupied Palestinian Territories: Europe and the Arabs - Agencies
Today, Wednesday, the Israeli occupation forces continued to storm Jenin and its camp amid the destruction of infrastructure and residents’ property, and the outbreak of violent confrontations in the city, which the occupation army declared a closed military zone and deployed large reinforcements in its neighborhoods.
Security sources in Jenin, located in the northern West Bank, reported that the occupation forces launched a massive campaign of raids on homes in the eastern neighborhood and in the Jenin camp, amid the outbreak of violent confrontations, while the occupation bulldozers continued to destroy the infrastructure in Jenin and its camp, especially in the Al-Damj and Al-Samran neighborhoods, amid intense overflights. For drones.
Meanwhile, the Israeli marches bombed the house of citizen Zemiro with Energa missiles, and bombed a vehicle in the camp, while bulldozers continued to destroy the infrastructure, including electricity, water, sewage, and streets. The occupation forces continued to besiege Ibn Sina Hospital, preventing the wounded and sick from reaching the hospital, according to hospital director Wissam Bakr.
The occupation forces launched a massive arrest campaign in Jenin and its camp. The occupation forces sent military reinforcements to Jenin and its camp.
Yesterday, Tuesday, rescue and ambulance crews and volunteers in the Gaza Strip pulled out 160 martyrs from under the rubble and from the streets and roads, during the past 24 hours, which brings the number of martyrs since the start of the Israeli aggression on the seventh of last October to more than 15 thousand martyrs, including more than 6,150. children and more than 4,000 women.
Civil defense sources in the Gaza Strip reported that rescue crews have so far relied on manual and primitive methods to retrieve the bodies of the martyrs, in light of the lack of machinery and equipment to remove the rubble.
Incomplete data indicate that about 6,500 missing persons are still under the rubble, or their fate is still unknown, including more than 4,700 children and women.
Since the start of the temporary humanitarian truce, last Friday morning, rescue and ambulance crews and citizens have been trying to recover as many bodies as possible from the martyrs, with whatever capabilities they have.
The last five days revealed the horror of the humanitarian catastrophe that befell the Gaza Strip, as about 300,000 housing units were damaged as a result of Israeli bombing, from the air, land and sea, including 50,000 housing units that were completely demolished by the occupation.