Palestinian Resistance groups announced in a statement that they engaged in fierce confrontations with Israeli occupation forces on Saturday night, in the city of Jenin and its adjacent refugee camp.
The Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Palestinian Resistance Movement Hamas, said in a statement that its Resistance fighters targeted Israeli forces with explosive devices during the incursion.
For its part, the Jenin unit of the Al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, said that it confronted the Israeli incursion into the Jenin refugee camp, forcing Israeli forces to withdraw.
🚨 The resistance is engaged in fierce armed clashes in Jenin a few minutes after warning sirens sounded in the city.
A large invasion has begun, with the IOF besieging Jenin Governmental Hospital once again. pic.twitter.com/Fq6Ae5vicr
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Al Mayadeen correspondent reported violent confrontations between Resistance fighters and Israeli forces in the city center of Jenin, especially near the cinema roundabout, as Israeli military bulldozers destroyed some streets in the city.
He also reported that Israeli occupation forces withdrew from Jenin and its camp after encountering fierce resistance from local youths who confronted the invading forces with light weapons and explosive devices.
The Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) said that its crews dealt with an injury from live ammunition in the town of Arraba, near Jenin, adding that the injured Palestinian was moved to the hospital.
The PRCS also noted that Israeli occupation forces detained an ambulance and searched it in the vicinity of the Jenin refugee camp.
Israeli Occupation Forces Storm Cities, Raid Hospitals in West Bank
Al Mayadeen quoted local sources as saying that three Palestinians were injured on Saturday evening, one of them seriously, during confrontations with Israeli occupation forces raiding the town of Arraba, southwest of Jenin.
Armed confrontations were also reported in the town of Azzun, east of Qalqilya, in the occupied West Bank.
(PC, Al-Mayadeen)
The resistance needs to switch gears and go after the zionist leadership with drones. These IOF troops are just cannon fodder. Taking out one main zionist politician will have the same effect as wiping out 500 IOF troops.