- Deadly Attack in Israel: Vehicle Ramming and Stabbing Spree
- Israeli Forces Withdraw from Jenin Refugee Camp
- UN Expresses Concern Over Military Operation in Jenin Refugee Camp
Israeli drone strikes and the deployment of hundreds of soldiers to a refugee camp on Monday resulted in the deaths of ten individuals and the wounding of dozens more.
A Palestinian man smashed his car into a crowded Israeli bus stop and then stabbed eight people.
According to authorities, an armed civilian in Tel Aviv shot and killed the 20-year-old West Bank attacker.
At least five individuals are in critical condition, according to the two hospitals treating them.
The image showed a pickup truck jumping a curb near a shopping mall and hitting a bus stop.
“[The suspect] then exited the vehicle and began stabbing civilians with a sharp object,” police said.
Khaled Al-Batsh, a senior official of the Islamic Jihad movement backed by Iran, praised the attack as “an initial and natural response of the resistance to what is happening in Jenin.”
Hamas said the man was a member and that the assault was retaliation for an Israeli refugee camp raid.
Shin Bet, Israel’s internal security agency, stated that the man had no prior security record, while Yaakov Shabtai, the police chief, stated that several individuals connected to the man were arrested, but did not provide further information.
According to a representative of the Magen David Adom ambulance service, some of the injured sustained stab wounds.
On Tuesday, Israeli forces began withdrawing from a Palestinian refugee camp in the city of Jenin.
Monday’s raid resulted in the deaths of ten people, including three minors, according to the UN’s human rights office.
According to the World Health Organisation, first responders have been prevented from accessing camps to treat the injured.
Tens of thousands of refugees have left the West Bank camp after Israel’s catastrophic military strike on Monday.
Israeli drone strikes and hundreds of troops injured dozens of people.
Tuesday, Israeli troops continued their search for Palestinian militants and weaponry after military bulldozers tore through alleys.
In sympathy with the 14,000 Jenin refugees, several West Bank localities have declared a general strike on Tuesday.
“We are alarmed by the scale of air and ground operations taking place in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin, as well as the airstrikes on a densely populated refugee camp,” said Vanessa Huguenin, a spokesperson for the UN humanitarian office.
It is Israel’s most concentrated military operation in the West Bank in nearly two decades, and its military tactics during the second Palestinian uprising in the early 2000s come to mind.
The operation comes amid increasing domestic pressure for a strong response to recent attacks on Israeli settlers, such as a shooting that killed four Israelis last month.
Armed drones destroyed a target in Jenin’s refugee camp at 1:14 a.m. on Monday.
Israel described it as a joint operations center “used as an advanced observation and reconnaissance center, a place where armed terrorists would gather before and after terrorist activities, a site for arming weapons and explosives, and a hub for terrorist coordination and communication.”
A senior adviser to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated on Tuesday that the Jenin operation was nearing completion.
The Islamic Jihad alleged that four of the deceased were its fighters. Hamas, another Islamist group, claimed the fifth position. It was not immediately obvious whether the remaining five male victims, aged 17 to 23, were combatants or civilians.
The Israeli military confirmed that nine Palestinians had been slain by its forces. All were stated to be combatants.
On Tuesday, offices and businesses throughout the occupied West Bank were anticipated to close in response to calls for a general strike to protest the operation, which Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas termed a “war crime”.
