▲ Funeral for the victims of the Israeli airstrike in the Tulkarem refugee camp, in the northern reoccupied West Bank.Xinhua Photo
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La Jornada Newspaper
Saturday, October 5, 2024, p. 18
New York., The United Nations Organization (UN) condemned and described illegal the bombing launched by Israel against a refugee camp in the reoccupied West Bank, which left at least 18 dead, and assured that this offensive has a worrying pattern.
This incident is another clear example of Israeli forces’ systematic use of lethal force in the reoccupied West Bank, which is often unnecessary.the organization indicated in a statement.
For this reason, he demanded that the Tel Aviv authorities carry out a thorough, rapid, independent and transparent investigation about the attack on Tulkarem, so that the perpetrators of rape against human rights be accountable.
The UN explained that The destruction of an entire building inhabited by civilians by aerial bombardment shows a blatant disregard for Israel’s obligations on respect for human rights. According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Most of the dead were neither armed nor wanted by Israeli forces and were killed in their homes or while walking down the street..
He stressed that Among the fatalities was an entire family of five, including two children who lived in the attacked building. In total, among those murdered there are at least three children and two women.
For its part, the Israeli army indicated yesterday that seven of the dead belonged to the Islamic resistance movement Hamas and Islamic Jihad, which operated in the reoccupied West Bank. Among the fatalities, the army said, was Ghaith Radwan, alleged commander of the Jihad.
Palestinian media pointed out that Radwan would have been part of the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, the splinter armed wing of the main party of the Palestinian Authority, Al Fatah.
Furthermore, Tel Aviv stressed that the main target of its operation was Hamas commander Zahi Yaser Abdelrazaq Oufi, whom the Israeli intelligence agency identified as the material perpetrator of an upcoming attack on the anniversary of the start of the Israeli offensive against the Gaza Strip, on October 7.
Hamas confirmed last night the death of Commander Oufi, head of its network in Tulkarem.
The Al Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, indicated that Your next set of responses will be actions rather than words.and they will make Israel pay the price for your criminal decisions.
Nearly 750 people have been killed and more than 6,250 injured in the West Bank and Jerusalem at the hands of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) since the Hamas attacks on October 7, 2023, health authorities in the states announced yesterday. occupied Palestinian territories.
In a statement carried by the WAFA news agency, the Palestinian Ministry of Health reported that 741 civilians, including 163 children, have been killed by the continued offensives of the Israeli army after intensifying its operations in the reoccupied West Bank and East Jerusalem, and more than 6,250 people were injured in recent months.