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The entry of Israeli special forces disguised as civilians was filmed by video surveillance cameras.
Correspondent in Jerusalem
This is a scene that fans of the Israeli series “Fauda” are used to. However, this time the characters dressed as Palestinians who march through the corridors of Ibn Sina Hospital in Jenin with weapons in hand are not actors. They are members of an Israeli special force specializing in penetrating the heart of Palestinian cities, whose operation on Monday evening was recorded by the hospital's video surveillance system, a site nonetheless protected by international humanitarian law.
The attack ended with the deaths of three young Palestinians. They would have been executed in their beds in silence. Images posted on social media show blood-covered pillows and hospital beds like the ones where they were killed. On Tuesday morning, the three young men were buried at the Jenin Cemetery, dedicated to the “martyrs” of the “resistance to the occupation,” by a crowd chanting “Allah Akbar.”
Explosive context
The Israeli army claims that these three young men belonged to a “Hamas terrorist cell hidden in the hospital.” The cell's leader, Mohamed Jalamneh, 27, took advantage of the protection enjoyed by the hospital and planned “a raid inspired by the October 7 massacres,” the army says. According to Israeli security services, this man was in contact with a Hamas command center abroad and had supplied weapons and ammunition to “terrorists” to organize an attack. On Tuesday morning, a press release from the Jenin branch of the Al-Qassam Brigades, Hamas' armed wing, deplored the deaths of these “three sons of the Palestinian people,” including, the organization confirmed, “one of the brigade's founders.” from Jenin.”
This operation takes place in a particularly explosive context in the West Bank. On the night of Monday to Tuesday there were actions by the Israeli army in Jenin, Nablus and Tulkarem. The three cities lie in the north of this area, which has been occupied by the Israeli army since 1967, and are at the heart of the intifada that has been brewing in the West Bank for months. It has increased in intensity since the October 7 terrorist attack and the long war that followed. On Tuesday, five Palestinians were killed by the Israeli army. According to the United Nations, they died in clashes in Jenin, but also in villages near Hebron, Bethlehem and Ramallah. Since October 7, 367 Palestinians have been killed in the West Bank in similar conditions.
The Israeli security services fear that there will be a major attack in the heart of the country. On Tuesday in Haifa, a man drove his car toward soldiers guarding a military base and then got out with an ax in his hand. It is a 27-year-old Palestinian from Israel who was seriously injured by the soldiers. In mid-January, two Palestinians who arrived illegally from Hebron carried out a double attack in Ra'anana near Tel Aviv, killing one and wounding 17. The rocket fire that hit cities in central Israel late Tuesday afternoon with an intensity not seen in several weeks was a reminder that the war in the Gaza Strip is far from over. But for the Israelis, the threat could become reality in an impending attack at any moment.
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