International Courant
TULKAREM, Palestine
The Al-Qassam Brigades, the army wing of the Palestinian resistance group Hamas, mentioned Thursday that its fighters engaged in armed clashes with Israeli forces that penetrated the Jenin refugee camp and town of Tulkarem within the northern West Financial institution.
In a press release, the brigades mentioned its members have been actively preventing “with the (Israeli) occupying forces in Jenin and Tulkarem utilizing firearms and explosive units.”
The assertion added that the fighters “detonated greater than 10 explosive units in opposition to the automobiles of the invading forces.”
On Wednesday, the Israeli military launched a serious army operation within the northern West Financial institution, the most important in twenty years, killing 16 Palestinians, in response to Palestinian figures.
Earlier on Thursday, a army spokesperson, Ella Waweya, advised Anadolu that the military’s operation “might proceed for a number of days and presumably longer.”
“The operation will proceed so long as needed to realize its safety objectives, which means that we would witness confrontations for a number of extra days and presumably longer if required,” she mentioned.
Pressure has been operating excessive throughout the occupied West Financial institution amid a brutal Israeli offensive on the Gaza Strip, which has killed greater than 40,600 Palestinians, principally ladies and youngsters, since Oct. 7 final 12 months.
A minimum of 670 Palestinians have since been killed, practically 5,400 others injured and over 10,300 arrested within the occupied West Financial institution, in response to Palestinian figures.
In a landmark opinion on July 19, the Worldwide Court docket of Justice declared Israel’s decades-long occupation of Palestinian land illegal and demanded the evacuation of all settlements within the West Financial institution and East Jerusalem.
*Writing by Mohammad Sio
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