Palestinian families began to leave the eastern neighborhood of the city of Jenin, north of the occupied West Bank, on Friday evening, as a result of the continuation of Israeli military operations for the third consecutive day.
Displaced people from the eastern neighborhood, where military operations are concentrated, said that they left their homes under pressure from Israeli operations and due to the lack of food and water.
“The Israeli army stormed our house, taking with it its equipment, food and everything it needed, and turned our house into a military post,” said Palestinian Jaber Abu Reeh, as he walked with his wife and children, carrying the youngest.
“The army told us: ‘Find your way. It’s a long story,'” he added.
Regarding the situation in the eastern neighborhood, Abu Reeh said, “The destruction is great. The army is waging a real war, and the residents are without food, medicine, or drink.”
He pointed out that he and his family fled on foot about an hour ago, “and we climbed a forested mountain into the unknown.”
The Abu Al-Reeh family is one of several families – including women, children and the elderly – who fled the eastern neighborhood of Jenin to escape Israeli military operations.
distress calls
Earlier today, the Palestinian Red Crescent Society said in a statement that its crews are facing great difficulty in responding to the appeals of citizens besieged in the city of Jenin and its camp for the third consecutive day, due to the occupation forces obstructing the movement of ambulances and preventing their crews from reaching their destination to perform their humanitarian work.
The association added that its crews – in addition to providing first aid to the injured and sick and transporting the bodies of martyrs – are trying to respond to the appeals of citizens who need medicine, milk for children, diapers, or food supplies that have run out due to the severe siege imposed by the occupation on the region.
It is noteworthy that the Israeli occupation army began a large-scale military operation on Wednesday in the governorates of Tulkarm, Jenin and Tubas in the northern West Bank. This operation is the largest since 2002.
Today, the Palestinian Ministry of Health announced that the number of martyrs in the northern West Bank since dawn on Wednesday has risen to 20.
In conjunction with its war on Gaza since October 7, 2023, the Israeli army expanded its operations in the West Bank, resulting in the martyrdom of 675 Palestinians, including 150 children, the injury of more than 5,400 citizens, and the arrest of more than 10,200 Palestinians.