CIA chief arrives in "Tel Aviv" amid raids - reports
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CIA chief William Burns has arrived in "Tel Aviv" to hold talks with Israeli officials after the IOF's most recent massacre in the Jenin camp in the West Bank.
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Israeli aggression against Gaza following the Jenin massacre (social media)
US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) chief William Burns has arrived in "Tel Aviv" to hold talks with Israeli officials after the IOF's most recent massacre in the Jenin camp in the West Bank.
On Thursday, An IOF raid on the Jenin refugee camp in the West Bank resulted in at least 10 Palestinian deaths and 20 injuries. Three days of national mourning were proclaimed by the Palestinian Authority. Palestinian resistance factions in Gaza retaliated later in the evening by firing a salvo of missiles at the occupied city of Askalan.
Read more: Toll of Jenin raid increases as resistance pledges retaliation
The initial agenda of the CIA-Israeli meeting was to discuss Iran's nuclear program and the issue of military cooperation between Moscow and Tehran. However, the recent massacre in Jenin will likely change the topics of the agenda.
The visit to "Israel" by William Burns is part of a large-scale tour of Middle Eastern countries. The US intelligence chief met with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi on Monday as well. According to the Egyptian president's office, the two officials talked about the regional situation and intelligence cooperation between the US and Egypt.
Furthermore, the US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken is also set to visit Egypt and "Israel" in the next couple of days to discuss conflicts of "mutual concern like Iran and Ukraine."
Read more: Palestinian Authority: IOF Jenin raid 'organized crime and a massacre'
It is also worth noting that as part of the raid launched against Palestinians in Jenin, the IOF prevented ambulance crews from entering the region. That said, there have been multiple reports of Palestinians targeted with live fire, but the number of martyrs and wounded remains unclear because emergency crews are facing life-threatening challenges.
The Palestinian Ministry of Health reported that the situation in the Jenin camp is critical, noting that "the Red Crescent informed us of the difficulty of rescuing and evacuating many of the injured."
