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<h1 class="gmail-reader-title">Six Palestinians killed in Israeli daytime raid in Jenin</h1><div>
<b><font size="4">Armed confrontations erupt after an undercover Israeli unit was spotted in the West Bank city </font></b><br></div><div><br></div>
<div class="gmail-credits gmail-reader-credits">By Ola Marshoud in Jenin, occupied Palestine - March 7, 2023<br></div>
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<p></p><img src="cid:ii_leyhp8j90" alt="image.png" width="428" height="241"><br><p>At least six <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/palestine" target="_blank">Palestinians</a> have been killed and 16 others wounded on Tuesday in an <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/israel" target="_blank">Israeli</a> raid in the <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/topics/occupation" target="_blank">occupied</a> West Bank city of Jenin.</p>
<p>Israeli attacks in recent months have been intensifying, prompting
concerns that a wider outbreak of violence could flare in the occupied
West Bank. </p>
<p>An undercover Israeli unit was discovered in Jenin refugee camp
around 3pm before large military reinforcements followed it,
eyewitnesses told Middle East Eye.</p>
<p>Dozens of armoured vehicles, military helicopters, snipers, drones
and bulldozers were used in the raid, according to Anas Huwaisha, a
Palestinian reporter who was at the scene. </p>
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<p>'They hit the house with a missile, it's like a war outside, clashes and people killed everywhere'</p>
<p><em>- Jenin resident </em></p>
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<p>Sari Sammour, a Jenin-based activist, said Israeli forces surrounded
more than one building and attacked them with several missiles. It was
not immediately clear who was inside.</p>
<p>Sammour told MEE one of the houses has been abandoned since the first Intifada. </p>
<p>One of the other buildings housed Iyyad al-Azmi, the father of Amjad al-Azmi who was recently killed by Israeli forces.</p>
<p>"They hit the house with a missile, it's like a war outside, clashes
and people killed everywhere," Mohammad al-Azmi, Iyyad's brother, told
MEE. </p>
<p>Iyyad was reportedly asked to surrender himself to the army. It was not immediately clear what happened to him. </p>
<p>"We are stuck in the house, we can't step a foot outside. Clashes are still ongoing," Mohammad said. </p>
<p>The Palestinian health ministry said six people have been killed so
far. They were identified as Mohammad Wael Gazzawi, 26, Majd Mohammad
Azmi Hussainaya, 26, Tareq Ziad Natour, 27, Ziad Amin al-Zareeni, 29,
Abdel Fattah Hussain Kharousha, 49, and Motasem Naser Sabbagh, 22. </p>
<p>The Palestine Red Crescent Society told local media it received
several calls from inside the camp to evacuate the wounded. One
Palestinian ambulance was reportedly hit with bullets and prevented from
reaching people in need. </p>
<p>The Jenin Brigade and other Palestinian armed groups in the city said
they were engaging Israeli soldiers in heavy armed clashes in the
ongoing raid. </p>
<p>The Israeli military also confirmed it was operating in the city and clashing with Palestinians.</p>
<p>Journalist Huwaisha told MEE he came under heavy fire from Israeli
soldiers while covering the raid. He has not suffered injuries and has
been forced to flee the scene. </p>
<p>Amid the heavy clashes, Palestinian fighters downed at least one surveillance drone, Huwaisha said.</p>
<p>At the same time, another Israeli force raided parts of Nablus city and arrested three Palestinians. </p>
<h3>Growing aggression </h3>
<p>Israeli forces have killed at least 69 Palestinians since January
this year - which corresponds to a rate of nearly one killing every
day. </p>
<p>It's the bloodiest start of a year since 2000, according to the Palestinian health ministry.</p>
<p>At least 13 Israelis were killed by Palestinians in the same period. </p>
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<p><a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-palestine-west-bank-tensions-what-driving" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.middleeasteye.net/sites/default/files/styles/read_more/public/images-story/000_33AF746%20%282%29.jpg?itok=EGsZh1tJ" alt="" class="gmail-moz-reader-block-img" width="400" height="250"></a></p><p>What's driving tensions in the West Bank?</p>
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<p>Large military raids like the one unfolding in Jenin at the moment
were rare in the daytime until recently. However, there has been a
notable shift in the army's aggression in recent months. </p>
<p>In another Jenin raid earlier this year, the Israeli military <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-raid-jenin-killed-wound-several-others" target="_blank">killed 10</a> Palestinians in a single day. Another similar large-scale operation in Nablus last month left <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-palestine-nablus-raid-kill-wreak-havoc" target="_blank">11 Palestinians killed</a>, including at least four unarmed people. </p>
<p>Nablus and Jenin have witnessed an uptick in armed resistance acts against Israeli targets in recent months.</p>
<p>With Muslim, Christian and Jewish holidays overlapping next month, many fear more deadly escalations could follow. </p>
<p>CIA Director William Burns recently <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-palestine-cia-warns-tensions-resemble-intifada" target="_blank">said</a> current tensions in the West Bank bear an "unhappy resemblance" to the Second Intifada.</p>
<p>The threat of an uncontrollable outbreak of violence has prompted <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/jordan" target="_blank">Jordan</a>, <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/egypt" target="_blank">Egypt</a> and the <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/us" target="_blank">US</a> to initiate de-escalation efforts in recent months.</p>
<p><em>This is a developing story...</em></p>
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