An Israeli special force was ambushed in the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin on the evening of 20 February after being discovered by Palestinian resistance fighters.
“We discovered a Zionist special force in Jenin camp, and we are engaging in fierce clashes with them using machine guns and explosive devices,” the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades said in a statement on Tuesday evening.
The group said in another statement shortly after that it managed to “trap the special force in a tight ambush.”
As fierce clashes broke out, occupation army reinforcements raided the city of Jenin and its camp.
Intense gunfire and blasts from the resistance’s explosive devices could be heard in videos circulating on social media.
Footage of army vehicles and bulldozers being targeted with explosives also circulated on X and Telegram.
The Jenin branch of Hamas’ military wing, the Qassam Brigades, said in a statement that its fighters targeted “army reinforcements and snipers with dense barrages of bullets, and showered the occupation’s vehicles with explosives and hand grenades.”
21-year-old Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades fighter, Arif Marwan Arif Ali, was killed while confronting the invading troops.
Zionist forces besieged two homes in the camp, according to Palestinian media reports. One of the homes was targeted in a drone strike, injuring several people, including serious injuries.
The army prevented Palestinian Red Crescent crews and ambulances from entering Jenin camp to treat the wounded.
Zionist bulldozers also ravaged the infrastructure of the Jenin camp, as is routinely done during occupation raids on the city.
“Occupation forces destroyed the infrastructure in the city of Jenin and its camp, especially on Haifa Street at Al-Ahmadin Roundabout,” as well as several other areas, WAFA news agency reported.
Occupation forces detained several people across the camp. The army withdrew early on Wednesday morning.
source: thecradle.co