AhlulBayt News Agency (ABNA): On Tuesday evening, Israeli soldiers killed a young Palestinian man in Jenin, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank, bringing the number of slain Palestinians in Jenin in just two days to 12, in addition to more than 140 injuries.
The Palestinian Health Ministry identified the slain young man as Jawad Mujahed N’eirat, 22, from Meithalun town, south of Jenin.
The Health Ministry added that the soldiers shot Jawad with a live round in the head near the Cinema Junction in Jenin City.
Furthermore, an Israeli military drone fired a missile at Palestinians in the Eastern Graveyard in Jenin, wounding three young men who were rushed to a hospital in the city.
The Israeli army continued its offensive on Jenin and deployed dozens of armored vehicles in Jenin city, around the Jenin refugee camp, and all surrounding villages and towns.
The Health Ministry said Israeli soldiers have killed twelve Palestinians, including five children, and injured more than 140, including 30 who suffered life-threatening wounds, in the first two days of the Israeli military offensive in Jenin.
In related news, Israeli sources have confirmed that one Israeli soldier was killed Tuesday during an exchange of fire with Palestinian resistance fighters in Jenin. The soldier’s death was confirmed early Wednesday, Israeli daily Haaretz said.
On Tuesday dawn, Israeli soldiers killed Odai Ibrahim Khamaisa, 22, in Jenin City, bringing the number of slain Palestinians in Jenin to ten on the second day of the Israeli offensive. Khamaisa was from Al-Yamoun town, west of Jenin.
In related news, the soldiers fired many gas bombs at displaced Palestinian families sheltering in the yards of Khalil Suleiman governmental hospital in Jenin, causing many injuries.
The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) said the situation in Jenin refugee camp is very dire, especially since the Israeli army is preventing its ambiances from entering it and has constantly opened fire at medics and ambulances.
On Monday night, the Palestinian Health Ministry confirmed the death of a Palestinian teen, Mustafa Nidal Al-Qassem, 17, whom Israeli soldiers shot during the ongoing offensive on Jenin. The slain teen is the tenth Israeli soldiers killed Monday; nine in Jenin and one near Ramallah.
He was the nineth Palestinian the soldiers kill in Jenin, after the army killed eight earlier Monday, in addition to wounding more than 100, twenty seriously.
The Palestinian Health Ministry identified the eight slain Palestinians as Samih Firas Abu Al-Wafa, 21, Aws Hani Hannoun, 19, Husam Mohammad Abu Theeba, 18, Noureddin Husam Marshoud, 16, Mohammad Mohannad Shami, 23, Ahmad Mohammad Al-Amer, 21, Ali Hani Al-Ghoul, 17, and Majdi Ar’arawi, 17.
The Israeli military spokesperson said Israel still has ten targets to achieve in its Jenin refugee camp offensive and said the soldiers have abducted about 120 young men.
In a press conference, the spokesperson said that the army estimated that there are 300 Palestinian fighters in Jenin and added that it has a list of names of about 160.
Hundreds of Palestinian families were displaced from their homes in the refugee camp and went to the nearby Jenin governmental hospital and mosques after the army ordered them to leave as it continues its offensive.
Israeli military bulldozers and missiles caused excessive damage to homes and buildings, and bulldozed streets, in addition to destroying cars, and blocking access to the refugee camp, and attacking ambulances, medics and journalists.
Furthermore, the soldiers killed Mohammad Emad Hassanein, 21, at the entrance of the Al-Biereh city in the central West Bank.
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