A diplomatic delegation from the European Union, Arab and Asian nations was the subject of an Israeli fire during the visit of the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Authority and many countries confirm.
The diplomats undertook on Wednesday an official mission to assess the humanitarian situation in Jenin as a large-scale Israeli military assault there, which caused deaths and travel, between its fourth month.
The Israeli army said that its soldiers had shot warning to keep the delegation away because it had deviated from a route previously agreed and entered an area in which it was not allowed to be.
The commander of the Israeli civil administration in the West Bank ordered the Israeli officers to speak with representatives of the delegation countries who “will soon hold personal conversations with diplomats and updated them on the conclusions of the initial investigation carried out on the issue,” the army said in a statement.
Hamdah Salhut d’Tel Aviv Tribune, reporting from Amman, Jordan, because Tel Aviv Tribune has been prohibited from the West Bank and Israel, said the incident shows reality on the ground and that any person in the occupied West Bank can rest under Israeli fire.
“These places in the Palestinian territory have been complete-tens of thousands of Palestinians who were forced by their homes in the context of the ongoing military raids in Jenin, Tulkarem and in the surrounding areas in the north of the occupied Cisan-Western,” she added.
Videos on social networks show members of the delegation who give interviews to the media when shots are heard by sounding near the group and forcing it to run.
Images verified by the Tel Aviv Tribune fact verification agency also showed two Israeli soldiers standing near their rifles pointing to diplomats.
The occupation forces have opened heavy fire from the interior of the Jenin refugee camp to intimidate the diplomatic delegation which leads a visit to the field around the camp to attend the extent of endurition suffering by residents of the region.
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About twenty diplomats were informed at the time of the situation in Jenin, told the Associated Press news agency. Witnesses said he was not clear where the gunshots came from and that no one was injured.
The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates condemns in “the strongest possible terms that the heinous crime committed by the Israeli occupation forces, which deliberately cibed by live fire, an accredited diplomatic delegation”.
Condemnation, calls for the investigation, the ambassadors summoned
Other European and Arab governments have added their own convictions with calls for answers.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkiye condemned the firing “in the strongest” and said that Ankara called for an immediate investigation and responsibility.
“This attack, which endangered the life of diplomats, is another demonstration of Israel’s systematic contempt for international law and human rights,” the ministry said in a statement, adding that a diplomat on his own consulate in Jerusalem was in the delegation.
The French Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jean-Noel Barrot, said that he would summon the Israeli ambassador to Paris. Barrot, writing on X, called the “unacceptable” incident and said the ambassador would be required to explain.
Simon Harris, Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs, said: “I am shocked and dismayed”, noting that two Irish diplomats based in Ramallah in the West Bank were in the group. This is completely unacceptable and I condemn it in the strongest terms. »»
Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares said his country also summoned the Israeli ambassador to Madrid. “We demand clarity and responsibility,” he added.
Ireland and Spain were two of the strongest pro-Palestine voices in the EU and called at the end of the Israeli war in Gaza and the suffering of the population in the enclave and in the West Bank.
The government of Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni demanded an explanation, saying that his vice-consul was one of those who were criticized. The Israel Ambassador to Italy will be summoned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation to explain.
EU’s foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said the shot, even warning shots, was unacceptable. She had declared a day earlier than the 27 -country block examined her trade agreement with Israel due to the “catastrophic” situation in Gaza.
The Ministry of Foreign and Expatriates of Jordan also condemned “in the strongest terms … We call on the international community to assume its legal and moral responsibilities and oblige Israel to stop its aggression in Gaza and its climbing in the West Bank,” said his declaration on X.
The Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs called “on the international community and the Security Council for an immediate judgment to Israeli violations against civilians and diplomatic missions”.
Jenin – With Tulkarem and Nur Shams – was the main objective of a large -scale Israeli military operation in the north of the West Bank since January. Since then, Israeli forces have accelerated a process that is already in the process of traveling forced mass, home demolitions and mass arrests of Palestinians.
About 40,000 Palestinians remain in the north of the West Bank, according to the United Nations Bureau for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.