[News] West Bank: Israeli troops fire missile at Palestinian home in Jenin, arrest fighters

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https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/palestine-west-bank-israel-troops-fire-missile-jenin-raid
West
Bank: Israeli troops fire missile at Palestinian home in Jenin, arrest
fighters
Hours-long standoff between Israeli troops and Jenin fighters leaves
several Palestinians seriously wounded and one Israeli soldier killed
A reporter wearing a flak jacket with the hashtag in Arabic, "#Shireen Abu
Akleh" takes a picture inside a house that was burnt by an Israeli military
raid in the West Bank city of Jenin, on 13 May 2022 (AFP)
By Shatha Hammad <https://www.middleeasteye.net/users/shatha-hammad> in
Ramallah, occupied Palestine: 13 May 2022 09:29 UTC | Last update: 1 hour
28 mins ago

Israeli <https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/israel> forces surrounded
a Palestinian house on Friday in Jenin's refugee camp, in the north of the
occupied West Bank, and targeted it with a short-range missile in an
attempt to arrest two Palestinian fighters inside.

The fighters fired back, leading to a four-hour standoff, which ended with
Israeli troops capturing the two young brothers, identified as Mahmoud and
Anas al-Dabai.

At least 13 Palestinians and one Israeli officer were wounded during the
raid on the camp, as Palestinian fighters responded to the incursion with
live fire, and gun battles with Israeli troops followed in multiple
locations.

'They have fired directly at the house we are taking cover in'

*-  Samer Khwaira, journalist trapped in Jenin*

The army raid comes two days after Israeli troops shot and killed veteran
journalist Shireen Abu Akleh
<https://www.middleeasteye.net/topics/shireen-abu-akleh-killing> in a
similar operation in Jenin.

The Israeli army said earlier that forces from the military, elite police
units and the Shin Bet, Israel's internal intelligence agency, were
operating in Jenin.

A member of the Yamam elite unit who was shot in Jenin's Burqin town has
succumbed to his wounds after he was transferred to hospital in a serious
condition, border police said.

The Palestinian Ministry of Health said at least five people are in a
critical condition and that teenagers were among those being treated in Ibn
Sina hospital.
<https://www.middleeasteye.net/video/visual-investigation-who-killed-sherine-abu-akleh#autoplay>
Visual investigation: Who killed Shireen Abu Akleh?

One of the casualties was identified as Dauod Zubaidai, 40, brother of a
former senior Fatah military leader in Jenin, Zakaria Zubeidi
<https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-palestine-gilboa-prison-break-six-prisoners-who-are>,
who is in Israeli custody.

Sources told Middle East Eye the Dabai brothers, who were under Israeli
siege and later apprehended, have been wanted by the army for several
months.

They are accused of being members of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad’s armed
wing, al-Quds Brigades (Saraya al-Quds).

Footage
<https://twitter.com/adham922/status/1525031882425094144?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1525031882425094144%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.middleeasteye.net%2Fnews%2Fpalestine-west-bank-israel-troops-fire-missile-jenin-raid>
shared by residents, and confirmed by sources, showed Israeli troops firing
the short-range Energa anti-tank rifle grenade at their house, setting
it ablaze
<https://twitter.com/qudsn/status/1525011253780959232>when the missile
struck the upper section of the building.

A dog wearing a military vest, purportedly sent into the house by Israeli
troops, was seen to be on fire.
Journalists under fire

Journalists taking cover in a nearby building, around 50 metres away, also
came under fire and were besieged for a while during the Israeli operation.

“They have fired directly at the house we are taking cover in,” said Samer
Khwaira, one of the reporters trapped in the area.

“We can’t even look over from the windows. The army is everywhere and they
have just sent in more reinforcements. There are snipers and soldiers in
every street,” Khwaira added in a recorded voice note heard by MEE, while
gunshots could be heard in the background.
<https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-palestine-jenin-raids-siege-manhunt-aggressions-ramped-up>
Raids, siege and a manhunt: Israel ramps up aggressions against Jenin

Palestinian ambulances trying to reach the wounded were obstructed by
Israeli forces,  one medic said.

“Our crews were stopped by Israeli forces and couldn’t move as the Israeli
army claims it’s for our safety,” said Hazem Masarwa, a medic with Jenin’s
Ibn Sina hospital.

Jenin refugee camp is a stronghold of Palestinian resistance
<https://www.middleeasteye.net/big-story/israel-palestine-jenin-armed-resistance-rise>.
There are at least 50 fighters in the camp wanted by Israel and the total
number of fighters is probably much higher.

For months, the Israeli army has been ramping up intelligence and military
operations there to root out the fighters.

In January, MEE visited the camp and spoke with residents and some of the
fighters, who said they carry guns to defend themselves against Israeli
raids and attempts to arrest them.

The most recent Israeli incursion in Jenin occurred two days ago. Israeli
forces killed Al Jazeera journalist Abu Akleh and wounded another
journalist, Ali al-Sammoudi, after a group of reporters, who made
themselves visible to soldiers, came under fire.
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