{"id":3681,"date":"2023-02-04T19:28:07","date_gmt":"2023-02-04T19:28:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/londonpost.news\/?p=3681"},"modified":"2023-02-04T19:28:07","modified_gmt":"2023-02-04T19:28:07","slug":"israeli-forces-surround-refugee-homes-in-west-bank-raid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/diplomatic-world\/israeli-forces-surround-refugee-homes-in-west-bank-raid\/2023\/02\/04\/admin1\/","title":{"rendered":"Israeli forces surround refugee homes in West Bank raid"},"content":{"rendered":"

AQABAT<\/span> JABR<\/span> REFUGEE<\/span> CAMP,<\/span> West<\/span> Bank<\/span> (AP)<\/span> –<\/span> Israeli<\/span> forces<\/span> stormed<\/span> a<\/span> refugee<\/span> camp<\/span> near<\/span> the<\/span> Palestinian<\/span> city<\/span> of<\/span> Jericho<\/span> on<\/span> Saturday,<\/span> besieging<\/span> houses<\/span> allegedly<\/span> used<\/span> as<\/span> hiding<\/span> places<\/span> for<\/span> Palestinian<\/span> attackers<\/span> and<\/span> firing<\/span> at<\/span> residents.<\/span> fired<\/span> at.<\/span> According<\/span> to<\/span> the<\/span> Palestinian<\/span> Ministry<\/span> of<\/span> Health,<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> fighting<\/span> he<\/span> injured<\/span> six<\/span> Palestinians,<\/span> two<\/span> of<\/span> whom<\/span> were<\/span> seriously<\/span> injured.<\/span> Rocked<\/span> a<\/span> generally<\/span> quiet<\/span> oasis<\/span> town<\/span> with<\/span> less<\/span> violence<\/span> than<\/span> other<\/span> towns<\/span> on<\/span> the<\/span> West<\/span> Bank.<\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/span>The<\/span> military<\/span> said<\/span> it<\/span> had<\/span> entered<\/span> the<\/span> Aqabat<\/span> Jabr<\/span> refugee<\/span> camp,<\/span> southwest<\/span> of<\/span> Jericho<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> occupied<\/span> West<\/span> Bank,<\/span> to<\/span> search<\/span> for<\/span> suspects<\/span> involved<\/span> in<\/span> a<\/span> shooting<\/span> attack<\/span> on<\/span> a<\/span> nearby<\/span> Israeli<\/span> settlement<\/span> last<\/span> week.<\/span>
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Last<\/span> Saturday,<\/span> as<\/span> the<\/span> West<\/span> Bank<\/span> was<\/span> nervous<\/span> after<\/span> the<\/span> worst<\/span> Israeli<\/span> military<\/span> offensive<\/span> in<\/span> 20<\/span> years,<\/span> followed<\/span> by<\/span> two<\/span> Palestinian<\/span> attacks<\/span> in<\/span> East<\/span> Jerusalem<\/span> that<\/span> left<\/span> seven<\/span> dead,<\/span> the<\/span> military<\/span> said<\/span> Palestinians<\/span> Gunmen<\/span> set<\/span> fire<\/span> to<\/span> a<\/span> restaurant<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> settlement<\/span> near<\/span> Jericho,<\/span> he<\/span> said.<\/span> The<\/span> gunman<\/span> fled<\/span> the<\/span> scene<\/span> after<\/span> firing<\/span> a<\/span> bullet,<\/span> the<\/span> Army<\/span> said.<\/span> No<\/span> one<\/span> was<\/span> injured.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The<\/span> military<\/span> said<\/span> several<\/span> Palestinians,<\/span> with<\/span> the<\/span> help<\/span> of<\/span> their<\/span> families,<\/span> had<\/span> been<\/span> holed<\/span> up<\/span> in<\/span> their<\/span> homes<\/span> after<\/span> the<\/span> shooting<\/span> and<\/span> were<\/span> planning<\/span> future<\/span> attacks.<\/span>
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Military<\/span> bulldozers<\/span> scraped<\/span> down<\/span> the<\/span> walls<\/span> of<\/span> houses<\/span> and<\/span> Israeli<\/span> commanders<\/span> shouted<\/span> threats<\/span> through<\/span> loudspeakers<\/span> to<\/span> force<\/span> the<\/span> refugees<\/span> to<\/span> surrender.<\/span> Camp<\/span> residents<\/span> reported<\/span> receiving<\/span> text<\/span> messages<\/span> urging<\/span> families<\/span> to<\/span> keep<\/span> their<\/span> children<\/span> indoors<\/span> and<\/span> avoid<\/span> clashes<\/span> with<\/span> Israeli<\/span> forces.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The<\/span> military<\/span> said<\/span> the<\/span> suspect<\/span> and<\/span> his<\/span> family<\/span> had<\/span> fallen<\/span> out<\/span> of<\/span> one<\/span> of<\/span> their<\/span> homes<\/span> and<\/span> turned<\/span> themselves<\/span> in.<\/span> Security<\/span> forces<\/span> destroyed<\/span> most<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> house,<\/span> leaving<\/span> piles<\/span> of<\/span> rubble<\/span> and<\/span> twisted<\/span> metal.<\/span> Palestinian<\/span> protesters<\/span> threw<\/span> stones<\/span> and<\/span> Molotov<\/span> cocktails<\/span> at<\/span> military<\/span> jeeps<\/span> as<\/span> they<\/span> rumbling<\/span> through<\/span> the<\/span> streets<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> camp,<\/span> and<\/span> some<\/span> gunmen<\/span> opened<\/span> fire.<\/span> According<\/span> to<\/span> the<\/span> Palestinian<\/span> Ministry<\/span> of<\/span> Health,<\/span> Israeli<\/span> forces<\/span> counterattacked,<\/span> injuring<\/span> six<\/span> people,<\/span> but<\/span> none<\/span> fatally.<\/span>
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The<\/span> incursions<\/span> come<\/span> as<\/span> violence<\/span> mounts<\/span> in<\/span> East<\/span> Jerusalem<\/span> and<\/span> the<\/span> occupied<\/span> West<\/span> Bank<\/span> under<\/span> Israel’s<\/span> new<\/span> far-right<\/span> government,<\/span> which<\/span> has<\/span> taken<\/span> a<\/span> belligerent<\/span> stance<\/span> against<\/span> the<\/span> Palestinians.<\/span> Israel<\/span> conquered<\/span> the<\/span> West<\/span> Bank<\/span> along<\/span> with<\/span> East<\/span> Jerusalem<\/span> and<\/span> the<\/span> Gaza<\/span> Strip<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> 1967<\/span> Middle<\/span> East<\/span> War.<\/span> Palestinians<\/span> are<\/span> seeking<\/span> these<\/span> areas<\/span> for<\/span> their<\/span> desired<\/span> independent<\/span> state.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Israeli<\/span> forces<\/span> have<\/span> stepped<\/span> up<\/span> night<\/span> raids<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> occupied<\/span> West<\/span> Bank<\/span> since<\/span> a<\/span> series<\/span> of<\/span> deadly<\/span> Palestinian<\/span> attacks<\/span> in<\/span> Israel<\/span> last<\/span> spring.<\/span> remained<\/span> a<\/span> sort<\/span> of<\/span> sleepy<\/span> desert<\/span> town<\/span> that<\/span> had<\/span> escaped<\/span> much<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span>
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Israeli<\/span> forces<\/span> have<\/span> blocked<\/span> access<\/span> to<\/span> several<\/span> roads<\/span> to<\/span> Jericho<\/span> since<\/span> last<\/span> week’s<\/span> shootout<\/span> in<\/span> a<\/span> nearby<\/span> settlement.<\/span> This<\/span> put<\/span> the<\/span> city<\/span> in<\/span> a<\/span> semi-lockdown,<\/span> disrupting<\/span> business<\/span> activities<\/span> and<\/span> causing<\/span> him<\/span> an<\/span> hour-long<\/span> bottleneck<\/span> at<\/span> the<\/span> checkpoint.<\/span> ..<\/span> Palestinian<\/span> security<\/span> forces,<\/span> the<\/span> footage<\/span> showed.<\/span>
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Palestinian<\/span> authorities<\/span> have<\/span> announced<\/span> that<\/span> they<\/span> are<\/span> ending<\/span> security<\/span> coordination<\/span> with<\/span> Israel<\/span> in<\/span> retaliation<\/span> for<\/span> last<\/span> week’s<\/span> attack<\/span> on<\/span> the<\/span> Jenin<\/span> refugee<\/span> camp<\/span> that<\/span> killed<\/span> 10<\/span> Palestinians.<\/span> Nearly<\/span> 150<\/span> Palestinians<\/span> were<\/span> killed<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> West<\/span> Bank<\/span> and<\/span> East<\/span> Jerusalem<\/span> last<\/span> year,<\/span> the<\/span> highest<\/span> death<\/span> toll<\/span> in<\/span> those<\/span> areas<\/span> since<\/span> 2004,<\/span> according<\/span> to<\/span> figures<\/span> from<\/span> the<\/span> Israeli<\/span> rights<\/span> group<\/span> Betzelem.<\/span> In<\/span> 2022,<\/span> about<\/span> 30<\/span> people<\/span> were<\/span> killed<\/span> by<\/span> Palestinians<\/span> in<\/span> Israel.<\/span>
\n<\/span>The<\/span> Israeli<\/span> military<\/span> says<\/span> most<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> Palestinians<\/span> killed<\/span> were<\/span> militants.<\/span> However,<\/span> young<\/span> people<\/span> throwing<\/span> stones<\/span> in<\/span> protest<\/span> at<\/span> the<\/span> attack<\/span> and<\/span> other<\/span> people<\/span> not<\/span> involved<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> clashes<\/span> were<\/span> also<\/span> killed.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

AQABAT JABR REFUGEE CAMP, West Bank (AP) – Israeli forces stormed a refugee camp near the Palestinian city of Jericho on Saturday, besieging houses allegedly used as hiding places for Palestinian attackers and firing at residents. fired at. According to the Palestinian Ministry of Health, in the fighting he injured six Palestinians, two of whom […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3682,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":""},"categories":[24,280],"tags":[685,696,699,973,974],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/israel.webp","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3681"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3681"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3681\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3684,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3681\/revisions\/3684"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3682"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3681"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3681"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3681"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}