House and garden against terror

Israel began surgery against militants in the Palestinian city of Jenin - the largest over the past 20 years

On Monday, July 3, Israel announced the beginning of a large -scale operation of the IDA against Palestinian militants in the refugee camp in Jennin, on the western bank of Jordan. These are the largest military operations in this area over the past 20 years. According to Al Arabiya, in the morning above the city and an adjacent camp, in which about 14 thousand refugees live, at least six drones circled.

The next day, the operation continued, and a terrorist attack occurred in the northern part of Tel Aviv. The New Gazeta Europe has collected in one material everything that is known by this moment about the operation in Jennin, which was called "House and Garden".

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The beginning of the operation

The Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu said that military operations will continue as much as required until the mission is fulfilled.

“In the last months, Jenin has turned into a guide city for terror. We will put the end to this, ”he said .

According to him, the Israeli army destroys terrorists, delays those who are wanted, sees a large amount of weapons and destroy the headquarters. In addition, says Netanyahu, the fighters of the IDF will eliminate the laboratories for the production of explosives.

The IDF also reported a shootout with armed militants in a mosque in a refugee camp, where warehouses with explosives and weapons were discovered.

They also found and destroyed the tunnel.

In addition, the Israeli military liquidated a laboratory, in which there were hundreds of explosives and ammunition.

The UN Coordination Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, Ocha, stated that on the morning of July 3 the Israeli army inflicted more than ten air strikes - most likely, with the help of drones, for several goals within the camp. Refugees, after which the forces of the Israeli land troops entered this area. It is reported that the fighters of the IDF broke into several houses and took points on the roofs. “During the operation, the Israeli forces and armed Palestinians opened fire on each other,” the OCHA report says.

Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen said that the decision to conduct an operation in Jennin was made after a year when dozens of Israelis were killed in terrorist attacks. “We are not fighting with Palestinians, but with terrorist organizations that are funded and controlled by Iran with the aim of killing Jews and destabilizing the region,” he emphasized. We are talking about Hamas and Islamic Jihad.

The leader of the Islamic Jihad Ziad al-Nakhala called the Israeli operation in Jennin "the reprisal of the enemy over the Palestinian people." “The Palestinian resistance and the al-Kuds brigade will take measures to stop this massacre,” he added.

The leader of Hamas Ismail Khania called the Palestinians on the west bank to "take the side of Jenin and protect his inhabitants."

The situation in the refugee camp

According to the UN Office, on the afternoon of July 3, only one entrance to the camp was opened, where the Israeli military check the transport. OCHA notes that the destruction by the bulldozer of most of the roads leading to the refugee camp was seriously complicated by the passage of ambulance vehicles.

The Palestinian news agency WAFA writes that last night the Israeli military told the inhabitants of the camp to leave their homes, as the IDF was going to fire him. According to OCHA, by 16:30 on June 3, at least 12 families left the houses in which 105 people live.

Some residents also said that there were warning calls from the Israeli army before the air strikes.

At the same time, according to Haaretz, on Tuesday in the morning, Jenin’s authorities reported that the number of residents who left the refugee camp is about 3 thousand people. The publication notes that the number of inhabitants of the camp is estimated at 15-20 thousand people.

The representative of the IDF General Daniel Hagari reported on the detention and interrogation of 110 suspects in the area. He noted that about 300 armed Palestinians are in the camp. Moreover, basically, according to him, Palestinian militants avoided direct clashes with Israeli soldiers. Hagari added that the decision on the operation was made several months ago.

The Palestine Ministry of Health reports about ten dead aged 16 to 23 years. More than 100 people were injured, of which 20 are in critical condition. The OCHA report says that the Israeli forces shot a man at the checkpoint near Ramalla (administrative capital of Palestinian autonomy), where the Palestinians protested against the operation in Jennin. Some of them threw stones, and the Israeli forces shot combat cartridges.

The authorities of the city of Jenin called the inhabitants to economical water consumption, since the Israeli military "deliberately destroyed the main lines of water supply in the city in several places."

The refugee camp was organized in Jennin with the assistance of the Middle Eastern agency of the UN to help Palestinian refugees and organize work (Bapor) in 1953.

Terrorist attacks

On the afternoon of July 4, in the northern part of Tel Aviv, the car ran into pedestrians, after which the driver got out of the car and attacked several people with a knife. According to doctors, seven people were injured, of which three are in serious condition and two in a light state. The attacked man was killed on the spot.

The head of the police, Tel Aviva AMISHET, said that the terrorist is a 20-year-old Palestinian, who lived in the Hevron area in the southern part of the western bank of the Jordan River. It was reported that the man got into Israel with medical permission. Shabak later clarified that the attacker did not have this permission.

The press secretary of Hamas Khazam Kasam called the terrorist attack in Tel Aviv "the first response to crimes in Jennin." At the same time, Al Jazeera notes that there was no direct confirmation of responsibility in the statement. The journalist of the television channel Imran Khan said that these "statements are aimed at encouraging [people] to take business in their own hands, since the Israeli is becoming increasingly difficult to defend themselves from something like that."

On the first day of the operation in Jennin in the religious Israeli city of Bnei-Brak (Tel Avivsky District), a 14-year-old Palestinian teenager attacked a man with a knife. The victim was hospitalized with injuries, the guy was detained by the police.

Reactions

Palestine's leadership decided to stop any cooperation with the Israeli side, including security, against the backdrop of the situation in Jennin. Earlier, the President of the Palestinian Autonomy Mahmoud Abbas has repeatedly threatened to stop coordination with Israel. According to The Times of Israel, the attempts were short-lived-partly due to the benefit that he receives from cooperation with the Israeli side.

The United States expressed its support to Israel, saying that it has "the right to protect his people from Hamas," Palestinian Islamic jihad "and other terrorist groups."

Türkiye "strongly condemned the invasion of Israeli troops into Jennin." “We are deeply concerned that these attacks can cause a new round of violence, given the current tension in the region. In this regard, we again urge the Israeli authorities to act, in accordance with common sense, and put an end to such acts, ”the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs said .

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Egypt emphasized that "absolutely does not accept Israeli attacks and invasions of Palestinian cities leading to victims among the civilian population due to excessive and indiscriminate use of force."

The official representative of the Iranian Foreign Ministry Nasher Kanani described what was happening in Jennin as a “reckless crime” and said that “the Zionist education will be defeated this time.”

Israel was condemned for surgery in Jennin and the UAE. The country's Foreign Ministry announced the need to "immediately stop repeating and aggravated campaigns against the Palestinian people."

The UN coordinator on humanitarian issues in Palestinian regions Lynn Hastings wrote on Twitter that she was concerned about the scale of the operation in Jennin. “Airlines were applied to a densely populated refugee camp. Several killed and seriously wounded. There should be access to all victims, ”she wrote, also informed about the organization of humanitarian aid.