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<div class="gmail-field gmail-field-field-subhead">Hours-long standoff between
Israeli troops and Jenin fighters leaves several Palestinians seriously
wounded and one Israeli soldier killed</div>
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<div class="gmail-field gmail-field-field-cutline">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)</div>
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<span class="gmail-author-by">By</span> <a title="View user profile." href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/users/shatha-hammad" lang="">Shatha Hammad</a><span class="gmail-author-by"></span> in Ramallah, occupied Palestine<span class="gmail-date-created">:</span> 13 May 2022 09:29 UTC
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<span class="gmail-date-updated">Last update:</span> <span id="gmail-date-updatedago">1 hour 28 mins </span> ago</div><div class="gmail-submitted-date"><a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/israel" target="_blank"><br>Israeli</a>
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.</div><div class="gmail-region gmail-region-content"><div class="gmail-field gmail-field-body gmail-clearfix">
<p>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.</p>
<p>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.</p>
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<p>'They have fired directly at the house we are taking cover in'</p>
<p><em>- Samer Khwaira, journalist trapped in Jenin</em></p>
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<p>The army raid comes two days after Israeli troops shot and killed veteran journalist <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/topics/shireen-abu-akleh-killing" target="_blank">Shireen Abu Akleh</a> in a similar operation in Jenin. </p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>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. </p>
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<p>One of the casualties was identified as Dauod Zubaidai, 40, brother of a former senior Fatah military leader in Jenin, <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-palestine-gilboa-prison-break-six-prisoners-who-are" target="_blank">Zakaria Zubeidi</a>, who is in Israeli custody. </p>
<p>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. </p>
<p>They are accused of being members of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad’s armed wing, al-Quds Brigades (Saraya al-Quds).</p>
<p><a href="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" target="_blank">Footage</a>
shared by residents, and confirmed by sources, showed Israeli troops
firing the short-range Energa anti-tank rifle grenade at their house,
setting it <a href="https://twitter.com/qudsn/status/1525011253780959232" target="_blank">ablaze </a>when the missile struck the upper section of the building. </p>
<p>A dog wearing a military vest, purportedly sent into the house by Israeli troops, was seen to be on fire. </p>
<h3>Journalists under fire</h3>
<p>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.</p>
<p>“They have fired directly at the house we are taking cover in,” said Samer Khwaira, one of the reporters trapped in the area.</p>
<p>“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.</p>
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<p>Palestinian ambulances trying to reach the wounded were obstructed by Israeli forces, one medic said. </p>
<p>“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. </p>
<p>Jenin refugee camp is a <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/big-story/israel-palestine-jenin-armed-resistance-rise" target="_blank">stronghold of Palestinian resistance</a>. There are at least 50 fighters in the camp wanted by Israel and the total number of fighters is probably much higher. </p>
<p>For months, the Israeli army has been ramping up intelligence and military operations there to root out the fighters. </p>
<p>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. </p>
<p>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. </p>
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