The Israeli army killed ten people on Thursday, including nine in the Jenin refugee camp, arousing the end of the security cooperation of the Palestinian Authority with Israel, a first since 2020.
MO12345LEMONDE with AFP
Israel proceeded on Friday, January 27, on strikes on the Gaza Strip in response to rocket fire attributed to Hamas, after Israeli operations that killed ten Palestinians the day before in the West Bank. The Israeli army has announced that it has led at least two series of strikes. No victim has been reported. The explosions notably affected the city of Gaza, reported journalists from the France-Presse agency. The armed branch of Hamas said it has retaliated with anti-aircraft batteries and ground-to-air missiles.
Shortly after midnight in the night from Thursday to Friday, two rockets were taken from the Gaza Strip towards Israeli territory, according to local witnesses and sources of security. The two shots were intercepted by the anti-aircraft defense system, said a spokesperson for the Israeli army.
at least 30 Palestinians killed in 2023
Thursday, nine Palestinians were killed in Jenine during a raid, described by the Israeli army as an operation against Islamist activists in the refugee camp of this City in the north of the West Bank. The United Nations has not identified as high as high in a single Israeli operation in the West Bank since 2005. A tenth Palestinian was killed Thursday in Al-Ram, near Ramallah, said the Israeli Ministry of Health.
Thursday’s deaths bring to 30 the number of Palestinians, civilians or members of armed groups, killed since the start of the year in violence with Israeli forces or civilians. The Palestinian Authority has denounced a “massacre” and announced put an end to security cooperation with Israel, a first since 2020.
The United States Department of State said it regretted this decision, deeming “very important that the parties maintain or even deepen their security coordination”. The head of American diplomacy, Antony Blinken, is due to go to Israel and the West Bank on Monday and Tuesday to insist, according to Washington, on “the urgent need to take de -escalation measures”.
“Since the beginning of the year, we have continued to observe the high levels of violence and the negative trends that have characterized 2022”, regretted the emissary of the United Nations (UN) for the nearby -Orient, Tor Wennesland, deeming “essential to immediately lower tensions”. Israel “does not seek climbing” but prepares “for all scenarios,” said Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu, according to a statement. “Resistance is everywhere and ready for the next confrontation,” said Tariq Salmi, spokesperson for Islamic jihad, in a press release.
According to the Israeli army, the raid in the jenine camp was an “counter-terrorism operation” targeting members of the Islamic jihad organization, which, according to the Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant, planned a Attack in Israel. The Palestinian Minister of Health, May Al-Kaila, accused the soldiers of having drawn tear gas inside the pediatric unit of the local hospital, which the army denied.