Men walk through the rubble in front of a building in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin, a day after an Israeli military operation. Photo: RONALDO SCHEMIDT/AFP
Offices and businesses in the occupied West Bank were expected to close on Tuesday in response to calls for a general strike to protest the operation, which Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas called “war”. crime.”
Very few people were on the streets of Jenin on Tuesday morning, which were littered with debris and burned roadblocks from yesterday's fighting.
Civilians flee their homes in the Jenin refugee camp, where Israeli forces continue their attacks Photo: Anadolu Agency
Meanwhile, aid groups have called on Israel to guarantee humanitarian access to the refugee camp, which is home to about 14,000 people in an area of less than half a square kilometer. improvised explosive devices, cutting off water and electricity, although Israeli officials said they would work to restore communications.
On Tuesday, the military said border police discovered an underground mine used to store explosives in a refugee camp and dismantled two observation posts.
Residents evacuate the Jenin refugee camp, where Israel has stepped up operations in the northern West Bank. Photo: JAAFAR ASHTIE/AFP. and observation posts to counter regular army raids.
The Islamic Jihad group said four of those killed during the operation were its fighters. Hamas, another Islamist faction, claims fifth place. It was not immediately clear whether the other five dead – men aged between 17 and 23 – were combatants or civilians.
Before Monday's operation, Israel had already stepped up raids in the northern West Bank, where a wave of attacks against Israelis, and violence by Jewish settlers against Palestinians.
Violence between Israel and Palestine has worsened since last year and has escalated further under the coalition government of Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel's prime minister, which includes ultra -nationalist ministers and deputies.
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