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<h1>Israeli forces raid Jenin, surround Ibn Sina hospital in occupied West Bank</h1><p class="gmail-article__subhead gmail-css-1wt8oh6"><em>At least three killed in a drone strike on Jenin refugee camp as dozens of Israeli tanks pushed into the city.</em></p><div class="gmail-responsive-image"><img src="https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/2023-11-17T052049Z_1693357670_RC2TE4AY7FTD_RTRMADP_3_ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS-JENIN-RAID-1700201039.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80" alt="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" width="392" height="261" style="margin-right: 25px;"></div>Israeli
military vehicles move through a street after Israeli forces raided the
Jenin refugee camp in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, on November 17,
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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.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p class="gmail-p1">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.</p>
<p class="gmail-p1">Emergency services were prevented by Israeli forces from
reaching the injured, potentially placing lives at risk, the official
Palestinian news agency Wafa reported.</p>
<p class="gmail-p1">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.</p>
<p class="gmail-p1">“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.</p>
<p class="gmail-p1">At least four hospitals were surrounded by Israeli soldiers, including the Ibn Sina Hospital.</p>
<p class="gmail-p1">“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.</p>
<p class="gmail-p1">A number of doctors from the hospital refused to comply and evacuate; two paramedics were arrested, she added.</p>
<img class="gmail-size-arc-image-770 gmail-wp-image-2489070" src="https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/INTERACTIVE_Checkpoints-in-West-Bank-1700052898.jpg?w=770&resize=770%2C770&quality=80" alt="INTERACTIVE_Checkpoints in West Bank" width="392" height="392" style="margin-right: 25px;">(Al Jazeera)
<p class="gmail-p1">“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.</p></div><p>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.</p>
<p class="gmail-p1">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.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p class="gmail-p1">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.</p>
<p class="gmail-p1">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.</p>
<p class="gmail-p1">“As Israel continues to turn up the heat, turn up the
pressure on Palestinian communities, people are beginning to push back,”
he said.</p>
<p class="gmail-p1">Since October 7, 203 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli raids in the West Bank.</p>
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