INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Reports say some 2,000 special forces backed by air support had been dispatched to the flashpoint occupied city and its large adjacent
residential building, which the Israeli military claims was the command operational headquarters of the newly formed resistance
Jenin from four sides, setting off fierce armed clashes with the Jenin brigade affiliated with the Gaza-based Palestinian Islamic Jihad
been killed, including three minors and dozens of others injured, many in serious condition
A ninth Palestinian as also shot dead by Israeli soldiers near Ramallah, according to Al Jazeera.Reports say the regime's Rambam Hospital
has acknowledged that two Israeli troops had been killed, and others had sustained injuries.The Palestinian resistance said it has inflicted
a house, and are showering them with heavy bullets and bombs," the Jenin Brigade announced.The brigade said, "Their members ambushed the
occupation troops from the Egoz unit."It also announced that its fighters "ended an infiltrating Zionist force at one axis after besieging
it, and left the members of its division dead and wounded."The resistance said it "lured a Zionist force on the axis and targeted it with
heavy arms."Furthermore, the resistance faction said it "was able to thwart the occupation forces' attempt to advance on this axis, despite
Israeli air strikes."In another operation, the Jenin Brigade announced it had "shot down a third Israeli drone" in the refugee camp.The
Jenin Brigade further announced that it had set the occupation forces stationed at a field off Jenin on fire during the battle and detonated
to be ongoing, in particular at the vicinity of al-Ansar Mosque, which had been besieged by Israeli forces.Throughout the day, reports
emerged of Israeli air raids in Jenin striking homes and cars and resistance forces detonating explosive devices against the Israeli
And then went on to cut off electricity and water supply to the refugee camp
it will pay a heavy price with its blood as a result of these crimes that it commits daily against our people and our resistance
attacked Jenin, Palestinians in cities across the West Bank took to the streets in protest, chanting slogans in support of the Jenin Brigade
Apache helicopters as well as combat and reconnaissance drones
battle, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad Movement said Jenin will teach Israel a lesson again, and the resistance in Jenin has better
Jenin, the deployment of Israel's so-called Iron Dome had been strengthened, fearing a backlash from the besieged Gaza Strip.Israeli Army
Radio reported that the military operation in Jenin was "extensive" and approved by the prime minister and minister of war a week ago
between the Palestinian resistance and Israeli special forces triggered strong reactions from the Gaza Strip, who held "the Zionist enemy
fully responsible for all the consequences of this aggression"
determine the nature of the next stage in all directions and paths.The Hamas chief also warned, "Our people and their resistance in all
their places of presence know how to respond to this barbaric aggression."A recent Israeli raid on Jenin saw Apache helicopters used for the
first time in 20 years, and left seven Palestinians dead, but failed to crush the resistance
A swift retaliation followed.The brutality of this latest raid, the largest in at least two decades, will no doubt have similar
wave of demonstrations in support of Jenin.
