Jenin District Deputy Governor claims Israel is “targeting defenseless civilians”

Headline: “Abu Al-Rub: The occupation is targeting civilians and destroying infrastructures in the Jenin refugee camp”

“Jenin District Deputy Governor Kamal Abu Al-Rub said that the Israeli occupation forces are targeting defenseless civilians in the Jenin refugee camp and are intentionally destroying the infrastructures in the refugee camp (sic., refers to Israeli counter-terror operation in which a joint terror headquarters was targeted and terrorists were killed and wounded).”

[WAFA, official PA news agency, July 3, 2023]

2023 Operation Home and Garden - an Israeli counter-terror operation in Jenin that lasted from July 3-5, 2023. The operation targeted terror infrastructure in the city, and particularly the Islamic Jihad-affiliated terror group the Jenin Brigade, after 50 terror attacks had originated from the city and 19 terrorists had fled to it since the start of 2023. Israeli soldier David Yehuda Yitzhak, 23, was killed during the operation, while at least 18 Palestinian terrorists were killed and over 300 terror suspects were arrested. During the operation, Israeli forces attacked a terror headquarters located next to a medical clinic and two schools, one of them belonging to UNRWA. Several weapons factories were discovered containing hundreds of explosives and weapons caches. Terrorists opened fire on Israeli forces from within a mosque in the Jenin refugee camp, and after gaining control of the site, the Israeli forces discovered weapons caches including explosives and entrances to underground tunnels in the mosque's basement.