AP accuses Israel of conducting a “total war” on the Palestinian people to make plans of “ethnic cleaning”.
Israeli forces have killed 70 people, including 10 children, in the occupied West Bank since the start of the year, said the Palestinian Ministry of Health.
According to the Tally of the Ministry – released on Monday – the radical raids of Israel killed 38 people in Jenin, 15 in Tubas, six in Nablus, five in Tulkarem, three in Hebron, two in Bethlehem and one in Eastern Jerusalem.
The Israeli army launched a major offensive nicknamed “Iron Wall” on the territory last month, shortly after the ceasefire in Gaza. The operation is particularly focused on targeting Palestinian armed groups in the Jenin region.
The ministry said that in addition to the 10 children killed, the Israeli army also killed an elderly woman and two Palestinians.
On Monday, the Presidency of the Palestinian Authority (PA) condemned Israeli attacks, stressing that the Palestinians would not accept resettlement plans or “alternative homeland”.
“The (Israeli) authorities widen their total war against the Palestinian people in the West Bank to implement their plans aimed at moving citizens and carrying out ethnic cleaning,” spokesman Nabil Abu Rudeineh said in a statement.
He added that Israel’s policies have left hundreds of people injured and detained: “In addition to the destruction of whole residential blocks in the refugee camps of Jenin and Tulkarem, the displacement of thousands of citizens and mass destruction infrastructure ”.
The Israeli forces destroyed 23 buildings on Sunday in the Jenin refugee camp in the current operation which has forcibly moved around 15,000 Palestinians from the camp.
Meanwhile, Israel’s attacks in the Tulkarem refugee camp have moved 75% of the Palestinians in the region, the Popular Committee for the Camp Popular Committee, at the Camp Services, told the FRENCH FORME. Anadolu.
Doctors Without Borders, or MSF, condemned Israeli attacks on Monday.
“Since the ceasefire has been implemented in Gaza, there has been an escalation of extreme violence occurring through the West Bank, especially in Jenin, Tulkarem and Tobas. It is unacceptable, ”said the organization in an article on X.
He warned that the blockade of Israel on Jenin caused by the current operation leads to a shortage of “vital” supplies.
“We supported Jenin Hospital with 10,000 liters of fuel and 800,000 liters of water. We have also provided hygiene kits, a distribution of food and mattresses for Jenin and Tulkarem camps, “said MSF.
However, Israel’s offensive in the West Bank shows no sign of slowdown. Israeli soldiers deployed heavy troop transport vehicles in raids on occupied territory on Monday on Monday, indicating a thrust to accelerate attacks.
The Israeli Escalation in the West Bank Came after a Ceasefire and Prisoner Exchange Deal Took Hold in Gaza on January 19, Following 15 Months of Israel’s Genocidal War That Reduced the Enclave to Rubble and Killed Nearly 62,000 Palestinians, include Thousands Who. .
Since the start of the War of Israel against Gaza in October 2023, the soldiers or Israeli settlers have killed at least 882 Palestinians, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health.
