“In the past two days, the city of Jenin has been subject to unprecedented Israeli aggression, which also caused a lot of damage to our Latin parish in Jenin,” the patriarch said in a statement on Twitter. “We condemn this violence, demand a ceasefire, and hope for the pursuit of peace and dialogue to prevent other future unjustified attacks on the population.”
Doctors Without Borders, which is providing medical assistance to people who were injured, reported that many of the injuries include gunshot and shrapnel wounds. The organization also said the destruction of roads is making it difficult to provide care and accused the IDF of firing tear gas into a hospital, making it inoperable on the evening of July 4.
“The Emergency Room is not usable right now, it’s completely filled with smoke, as is the rest of the hospital,” the statement read. “People who need treatment can’t be treated in the ER and we have to treat the wounded in the main hall on the floor.”
The July 3 and July 4 attack on the Jenin camp, which is home to about 11,000 Palestinians, was the largest Israeli offensive on the West Bank since the early 2000s.
According to the IDF, the camp is surrounded by improvised explosive devices (IEDs), which “target IDF vehicles and innocent bystanders.” The IDF used specially designed bulldozers to destroy the IEDs. The IDF also said it confiscated other weapons which it said would be used to attack Israeli civilians.
The IDF also claimed it was fighting “heavily-armed terrorist groups” and that no non-combatants were killed during the raid.
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