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Three Palestinians killed by Israeli forces in Jenin

Three Palestinians killed and eight others wounded early this morning during an Israeli airstrike in Jenin, a stronghold of Palestinian militants in the occupied territories. West Bankthe Palestinian news agency WAFA reported.

According to the same img, the three men were killed when Israeli forces, which have increased their operations in the field in recent months, opened fire on the car in which they were driving. A French Agency photojournalist saw the bodies of the three young men on the spot in a morgue and a white car that had been turned into a sieve by bullets, with the windows shattered.

For its part, the Israeli army said in a laconic message in Hebrew that it was conducting an operation in the Jenin area to locate weapons in two different locations. He added that his men came under fire when they reached the first location and retaliated, then located a suspicious car on the side of the road going to the second location.

The occupants of the car “opened fire” on the soldiers, who targeted them “thwarting the plans of the terrorists”, according to the Israeli army, according to which two M-16 assault rifles and cartridges were found at the scene of the collision, as reported international agencies and rebroadcasts the Athenian News Agency.

THE Israeli The army has stepped up attacks in and around Jenin refugee camp in recent weeks, a stronghold of Palestinian militant groups that have carried out recent attacks in Israel.

Al Jazeera’s well-known journalist Sirin Abu Akleh was shot dead last month in Jenin as part of an Israeli army operation.

The Palestinian Authority, Al Jazeera and the Qatari government (the international television network owned by the emirate) have accused the Israeli army of killing the reporter. Although it was initially claimed that Aklech – who wore a bulletproof vest with the word “press” and a helmet when she died – was “probably” killed by Palestinian gunfire, Israeli authorities did not rule out the possibility of being shot by an Israeli soldier.

Source: News Beast

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