Dim torchlights started to flicker because it bought darkish at 6pm on Thursday – the electrical energy had reduce out within the afternoon.
Households carrying kids picked their manner by means of the streets of the Jenin refugee camp, making an attempt to evade crossfire throughout eight hours of continuous capturing and drone assaults that had begun that morning when Israeli troopers pressured their manner in with a big convoy of armoured autos.
After the Israeli military introduced through loudspeaker that it will enable a window of simply two hours for civilians to get out, individuals began to depart. However no person knew how lengthy the raid was going to final.
Many households fled to the hospital, on the lookout for security, whereas the combating unfold to town centre and the Israeli military surrounded the camp.
Even earlier than its huge push into Jenin on Thursday, the Israeli military had been levelling the streets with armoured bulldozers for a number of days – throughout daylight and thru the evening. This was nothing new for the individuals of this camp. Since its institution in 1953, it has been the frequent topic of raids geared toward destroying infrastructure and arresting Palestinians.
The newest combating has left at the least 14 Palestinians lifeless, a few of them fighters. They’ve been buried among the many tombs of different killed fighters following a big funeral procession on Friday that ended within the Jenin camp cemetery.
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