The Hadash-Ta’al parliamentary faction, led by MK Ayman Odeh on Monday issued a joint statement condemning the deadly occupation army operation in Jenin, in which six Palestinian Arabs were killed, 91 others were wounded, including 23 in critical condition, and eight Israeli soldiers were wounded.
Early Monday, sizable number of Israeli forces, comprising some 120 military vehicles, stormed the city, deploying snipers on the rooftops of some houses, triggering violent confrontations. An attack helicopter used in the raid.
Palestinians against occupation soldiers in Jenin, Monday, June 19, 2023 (Photo: Wafa)
The heavily-armed soldier fired live ammunition, stun grenades and tear gas canisters, as an army armored bulldozer destroyed a water carrier pipeline supplying water to al-Jabiriyyat neighborhood and caused a large power blackout. The Israeli troops, according to WAFA correspondent, broke into the family house of Mus’ab al-Barmaki and used the family members as human shields, before detaining two Palestinians.
The Hadash-Ta’al statement warns of the “dangerous escalation led by the fascist Netanyahu-Ben-Gvir-Smotrich government” against the Palestinian people through the continuation of the “policy of military invasions and killings started by the previous government”, culminating “in the invasion of the city of Jenin and the refugee camp and the carrying out of war crimes.”
The statement added that this is in fact a “warlike invasion and real terrorism against civilians” which “is reminiscent of the criminal invasion and massacre that the government tried to carry out and hide in 2002.” The Hadash and Ta’al parties placed full responsibility on the Israeli government for what they described as “the shedding of the blood of the Palestinian victims alongside the other war crimes”, and justified the right of the Palestinian Arab people to fight against the occupation.” In addition, Hadash and Ta’al pointed out that it is not possible for democracy to be a monopoly for Jews only, therefore “there is no democracy with the occupation.”
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