[News] Israeli forces raid Jenin, surround Ibn Sina hospital in occupied West Bank

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 Israeli forces raid Jenin, surround Ibn Sina hospital in occupied West Bank

*At least three killed in a drone strike on Jenin refugee camp as dozens of
Israeli tanks pushed into the city.*
[image: Israeli military vehicles move through a street after Israeli
forces raided the Jenin refugee camp in the Israeli-occupied West Bank,
November 17, 2023. REUTERS/Raneen Sawafta]
Israeli military vehicles move through a street after Israeli forces raided
the Jenin refugee camp in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, on November 17,
2023 [Raneen Sawafta/Reuters]
Published On 17 Nov 2023
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/11/17/israeli-forces-raid-jenin-surround-hospitals-in-occupied-west-bank
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A number of hospitals were surrounded and at least three people killed as
Israeli forces launched a major raid on Jenin in the occupied West Bank.

The attacks, launched overnight and lasting into Friday, also left at least
14 others injured, according to Palestinian sources. The raid ended after
several hours.

A drone strike on the Jenin refugee camp killed at least three people, the
Palestinian ambulance service said, but the Israeli army said five were
killed. Air strikes have become more regular in the West Bank as the war in
Gaza rages.

Emergency services were prevented by Israeli forces from reaching the
injured, potentially placing lives at risk, the official Palestinian news
agency Wafa reported.

>From about 10.30pm on Thursday, the Israeli army pushed at least 80
military vehicles into the city of Jenin, raiding Palestinian homes and
detaining several people. There were reports of violent clashes.

“Dozens of armoured vehicles turned up, with bulldozers as well, damaging
cars, damaging the roads,” reported Al Jazeera’s Sara Khairat from occupied
East Jerusalem. The raid lasted for about eight hours.

At least four hospitals were surrounded by Israeli soldiers, including the
Ibn Sina Hospital.

“Israeli forces turned up at Ibn Sina Hospital, one of the biggest in the
occupied West Bank. They turned up in a raid where they asked medical staff
to put their hands up and evacuate the hospital,” Khairat said.

A number of doctors from the hospital refused to comply and evacuate; two
paramedics were arrested, she added.
[image: INTERACTIVE_Checkpoints in West Bank](Al Jazeera)

“It is important to note that this happened in Jenin refugee camp where
clashes have been intense almost daily … But the nature of this particular
raid is quite incredible, really. Not just it being a hospital but the way
the Israeli forces are coming in,” Khairat continued.

The Israeli military said that it had exchanged fire with Palestinian
fighters, who then used ambulances to flee towards Ibn Sina Hospital “in
order to hide there”. One Palestinian fighter was arrested at the entrance
of the medical facility, the army said.

Tensions have been high across the West Bank since Israel launched its war
on Hamas on October 7, which has killed at least 11,500 people in the Gaza
Strip.

Israeli forces arrested 47 Palestinians in the West Bank overnight, the
Commission for Prisoners and Ex-Detainees Affairs said on Friday.
Twenty-six of the arrests were in Nelin, west of Ramallah.

At a checkpoint north of Hebron, there was a shootout between Palestinian
fighters and Israeli troops on Friday, in which two Palestinians were
killed, said Al Jazeera’s Zein Basravi, reporting from Ramallah.

On Thursday, three Palestinians were shot dead by Israeli soldiers after
opening fire at another checkpoint in the West Bank. One Israeli soldier
was killed in that attack, according to Israeli officials.

Basravi said such attacks using small arms and explosives have increased in
recent weeks amid mounting anger over civilian deaths in Gaza and the
occupation of the West Bank.

“As Israel continues to turn up the heat, turn up the pressure on
Palestinian communities, people are beginning to push back,” he said.

Since October 7, 203 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli raids in the
West Bank.
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