January 2023 Jenin incursion
2023 Israeli raid on a Palestinian camp / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
On 26 January 2023, the Israel Border Police and the Israeli army conducted an armed raid on the Jenin refugee camp, which is in Area A of the Israeli-occupied West Bank and under Palestinian civil authority.[5] According to The Jerusalem Post, the objective was to prevent a planned terrorist strike and arrest three wanted Islamic Jihad militants.[6][7]
January 2023 Jenin incursion[lower-alpha 1] | |||
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Part of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict | |||
Date | 26 January 2023 | ||
Location | Jenin Camp, West Bank | ||
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3 Palestinian civilians killed 19 injured 1 building destroyed | |||
Other incursions |
Nine Palestinians were killed by Israeli forces during the ensuing clashes, one of whom was an elderly woman.[8][9][10] On 29 January, another Palestinian succumbed to wounds received during the raid, bringing the total killed to ten.[11][12] It was the deadliest Israeli raid on the Jenin refugee camp in nearly 20 years.[13] The Israeli government said at least six of those killed were armed men.[14] The deaths brought the number of Palestinians killed in 2023 to thirty,[15] 20 of whom were killed in Jenin.[16]
On 27 January, UN experts stated "We deplore the Israeli army’s latest violent attack against the Jenin Refugee Camp, and the killing and wounding of Palestinians on Thursday. It shows a dangerous trajectory of violence in the occupied West Bank, continuing the alarming upward trend from 2022".[17][18] Amnesty International called the killings unlawful and blamed "Israel’s apartheid system" for the ongoing violence including the Jerusalem shooting.[19][20]