Since the beginning of the year, at least 162 Palestinians and 21 Israelis have been killed in a context of renewed violence in the occupied West Bank.
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“A very intense exchange of fire”, according to the Israeli army. Three Palestinians were killed and around thirty injured on Monday June 19 during an Israeli military raid in Jenin. Intense clashes ensued in the northern city of the occupied West Bank, and missiles were fired from an Israeli helicopter.
The Israeli army said it was carrying out an operation aimed at arresting “wanted suspects”. “Army helicopters opened fire on gunmen to help extract soldiers”reports a military press release.
According to a source in Palestinian intelligence at Agence France Presse, this is the first time that a helicopter has used missiles on Jenin since the end of the Second Intifada (Palestinian uprising, 2000-2005).
At least 31 people injured
The Israeli army reported that a military vehicle had been damaged by one of several explosive devices thrown in the direction of its soldiers. These latter “responded to live ammunition”the army added.
According to the AFP photographer, the Israeli army encountered strong resistance to such an extent that a jeep and several soldiers found themselves in trouble under heavy fire. Ahmed Saqer, 15, Khaled Assassa, 21, and Qassam Abu Saria, 29, were killed in the raid, the Palestinian health ministry said, adding that 31 people were also injured, most of them hit by bullets. real.
Since the beginning of the year, at least 162 Palestinians, 21 Israelis, a Ukrainian and an Italian have been killed in violence linked to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, according to an AFP tally compiled from official Israeli and Palestinian sources. .