The Palestinian health authority in Ramallah said on Sunday that the dead Palestinians were aged between 18 and 29. Another person was seriously injured. According to Israeli media reports, a 19-year-old border police officer was killed during the anti-terrorism operation in Jenin last night. Three other security guards were injured.
Her car was reportedly hit by an explosive device. When contacted, the Army said it would comment on the incident later. The airstrike in the city of Jenin reportedly hit a gathering of several residents. Consequently, there had already been clashes between Palestinians and the Israeli army. The exact circumstances of the incident are unclear.
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Israeli military attacks occur regularly in Jenin and Nablus, both administered by the Palestinian Authority and considered strongholds for terrorist groups. Since the start of the war in Gaza, following the massacre perpetrated by the Islamic terrorist organization Hamas on October 7, the Israeli army has carried out attacks of this type in the West Bank with even more frequency.
Israel: Hamas structure dismantled in the north
However, during the night, the Israeli army published videos on X (Twitter) about the operation in the north of the Gaza Strip. Spokesman Daniel Hagari said Hamas had two brigades with 12 regiments in the north before the war began. “In total, there were about 14,000 terrorists,” he said. Since then, numerous commanders have been killed and weapons and ammunition destroyed. Soldiers found underground tunnels and demolished them.
Portal/Arafat Barbakh The Israeli military is now attacking the southern Gaza Strip
According to Hagari, eight kilometers of underground tunnels and 40 entrances were found in the Jabalia refugee district alone. Hamas no longer functions in an organized manner in this area. “There are still terrorists in Jabalia, but now they are acting without a structure and without commanders.” However, he expects sporadic rocket attacks on Israel from this area to continue. The army says it now wants to focus on destroying Hamas structures in the central and southern Gaza Strip.
Possible photo of the ghost of Hamas
In the course of the offensive, Israel also appears to have obtained new information about a member of the Hamas leadership who has gone into hiding. The army released a photo purportedly showing the head of Hamas' armed wing, Mohammed Deif. It shows a bearded, gray-haired man holding several bills in his left hand and a plastic cup in his right hand.
Gaza Strip: Israel attacks in the south
The Israeli army reports a change of strategy in the war against the terrorist organization Hamas. In northern Gaza, the group's military structure was largely destroyed. The south is now the focus of attacks.
Until the start of the war, Israel only had very old photos of the man considered one of the central masterminds of the terrorist attack. A more recent photo of Deif surfaced in December. For years he was considered a ghost and survived numerous attempts to kill him by Israel.
Israel had long assumed that Deif had lost several limbs. But in December, Israeli media reported that the army had found a video showing Deif with both arms and both legs. “Together with (national intelligence agency) Shin Bet, we interrogated terrorist agents,” Hagari said. “The result was that we obtained information about senior Hamas leaders, including documentation from Mohammed Deif and also information about Hamas leaders who are outside the Gaza Strip.”