A new massacre of the occupation in Jenin, and Palestinian demands for international intervention to stop its crimes

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Nine Palestinian martyrs and dozens of wounded were victims of the massacre committed by the Israeli occupation during its aggression today on the city of Jenin and its refugee camp in the West Bank.

The occupation forces stormed the city and its camp in large numbers since the morning, climbed the roofs of the houses, and targeted the Palestinians with bullets and bombs and their homes with rocket-propelled grenades, which resulted in the death of 9 Palestinians, including an elderly woman, and the injury of 20 others, including serious cases. Its bulldozers wreaked havoc and destruction in the streets of the camp, and demolished the Jenin camp club, which the Palestinians use as an ambulance point for the injured.

The scenes of widespread destruction of homes and infrastructure that resulted from the Israeli aggression on the city of Jenin and its camp brought to mind the scenes of the invasion of Jenin and its camp in April 2002, which resulted in the death and injury of hundreds of Palestinians and massive destruction of the infrastructure, especially in the camp, which together with the city constitutes one of the fortified castles of resistance. .

As usual, the Palestinian resistance struggled today in confronting the aggression of the occupation, as it targeted its forces with "dense shells of bullets and explosive devices," inflicting direct hits on its ranks, and it also shot down a drone.

Condemning the massacre committed by the occupation, the strike spread to the cities and towns of the West Bank, as it included all aspects of life except for the health sector and bakeries. Demonstrations also took place in several cities and towns in rejection of the occupation’s crimes, and to demand international protection for the Palestinian people, and for the International Criminal Court to speed up an investigation into the occupation’s crimes in order to stop them. .

The spokesman for the Palestinian Presidency, Nabil Abu Rudeineh, said, according to Wafa news agency, that the occupation carried out a massacre in Jenin and its camp, in light of suspicious international silence that encourages the occupation to commit more massacres against the Palestinians, stressing that the Palestinian people will continue their steadfastness and will not give up their land and sanctities no matter what they do. Occupation is a crime.

For its part, the Palestinian Foreign Ministry affirmed that the occupation flouts international humanitarian law and international covenants, as its forces besieged the camp, closed its doors, and shot Palestinians to kill them in cold blood. Jenin Hospital and its attack with gas bombs on patients in a chilling image that was documented by the media in front of the eyes and ears of the world.

The Foreign Ministry wondered: If the international community does not move now and in light of these brutal crimes committed by the occupying forces, then when can it move to triumph over its principles and positions and preserve what remains of its credibility?

In turn, the Minister of Health, Mai Al-Kaila, stated that the occupation forces prevented ambulances from entering the camp to rescue the wounded, stormed Jenin Hospital in the city, and deliberately fired toxic gas bombs at the children's department in the hospital, which led to sick children, their families, and medical staff suffering from suffocation, stressing that these The attacks violate humanitarian and international laws and the Geneva Conventions and treaties regarding the wounded and medical personnel, which guarantee them freedom of movement and the provision of health and medical care to the wounded.

Al-Kaila indicated that these attacks amount to war crimes, calling on the countries of the world, international organizations, the International Committee of the Red Cross and all free people in the world to intervene quickly to curb the occupation forces and stop their attacks on the Palestinians, including medical and emergency personnel.

The Popular Struggle Front pointed out that what happened in Jenin is a heinous massacre that constitutes a link in the chain of organized terrorism that the occupation forces and settlers carry out on a daily basis, which requires international protection for the Palestinians, while the Fatah movement affirmed that the Palestinians in Jenin and its camp and all Palestinian lands will continue to confront the occupation with steadfastness and determination. To thwart all his colonial plans.

Member of the Executive Committee of the PLO, Wasel Abu Youssef, said in a statement to SANA reporter: The Palestinian people are engaged in an open battle with the occupation, while the international community is evading its responsibilities to stop the crimes of the occupation, which makes it a partner in it, because the occupation understands this silence as an encouragement to continue committing crimes, stressing The sacrifices made by the Palestinian people will inevitably lead to defeating the occupation and establishing the Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital.

For her part, a member of the Political Bureau of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, Kamal Hamad, indicated that every day witnesses the rise of martyrs and the injury of dozens in the battle to defend Palestine, whose land today was filled with the blood of the martyrs of Jenin, pointing out that the continuation of the resistance in Jenin despite the massacres is a message to the occupation that the Palestinian people who kindled A new uprising stage, he will continue his sacrifices in order to defend his rights.

In his turn, the Secretary-General of the Palestinian Popular Resistance, Azmi Al-Shiyouki, said: The bloody aggression against Jenin, which affected people, schools, hospitals, and ambulances, is a heinous war crime that will not break the will of steadfastness and resistance of the Palestinian people, who stand in one trench in their battle against the criminal occupation.

The spokesman for the Palestinian Jihad Movement, Tariq Selmi, affirmed that all options are open to the resistance to respond to the heinous massacre committed by the occupation in Jenin in light of the silence of the international community, stressing that the resistance will drop all plans of the occupation aimed at liquidating the Palestinian cause.

Muhammad Abu Shabab

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