IOF tortured Palestinian families to extract info on Jenin Resistance
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Hundreds of Palestinian families were forced by IOF out of their homes during the latest aggression on Jenin refugee camp.
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Palestinian walking on a street of the Jenin refugee camp destroyed by the Israeli occupation forces, on Tuesday, July 4, 2023 (AFP)
The Israeli occupation entity detained in under three days over 300 Palestinians, including children, women, and elderly civilians, to interrogate them during the recent aggression on Jenin, the Palestinian Prisoners Center for Studies reported on Wednesday.
The Center stated that entire Palestinian families were subjected by the occupation to long hours of investigations while blindfolded and handcuffed in attempts to coerce the civilians into providing information about Palestinian Resistance fighters in the refugee camp that were confronting the IOF aggression.
Most of the detainees were transferred to an occupied-house-turned-interrogation center on the outskirts of the camp after being individually labeled with numbers, the Center added.
The occupation also deprived them of food for two days, while only providing hot water for drinking, and subjected them to brutal beatings, especially the youth, in attempts to extract information regarding the whereabouts of the fighters and the storage facilities and logistical routes used by the Resistance.
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Researcher Riyad Al-Ashqar, the director of the Palestine Center, revealed that the Israelis labeled every detained citizen with a number.
Al-Ashqar added that the occupation authorities released most of the detainees on Wednesday night, while about 50 detainees, some of whom were critically wounded by IOF bullets during the aggression on Jenin, were transferred by buses to Salem camp for further interrogation.
The Palestine Center called on all international human rights institutions, spearheaded by the International Red Cross, to intervene urgently and visit the detainees to ensure their safety and that they are not subjected to cruel torture, especially those who the occupation claims are Resistance fighters.
In the early hours of Monday, the Israeli occupation army announced the launching of a large-scale aggression targeting the city and camp of Jenin, north of the occupied West Bank.
Israeli Army Radio said the decision was made in order to "subvert Jenin's armed infrastructure and detain its elements," with Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper citing the same objective.
The Israeli occupation forces officially announced the end of the brutal aggression on Jenin and their withdrawal on Wednesday night after two days of heavy confrontations with the Palestinian Resistance.
Palestinian residents of the camp started returning to their homes directly after the IOF withdrawal, while Resistance fighters roamed the streets to celebrate repelling the large-scale Israeli attack.
Over the course of the Israeli aggression, Palestinian freedom fighters carried out a significant number of successful ambushes against the invading forces using locally-made IEDs and grenades, in addition to heavy gunfire.
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Shortly after the IOF left the camp, Israeli media likened the "operation" in Jenin to giving a mild painkiller "for a terminally ill patient," highlighting that "the Palestinians have understood what [Israeli officials] have failed to grasp in Israel, as the armed groups will return to the camp soon to resume their operations."
Occupation media mocked Netanyahu's remarks by stating that the "Jenin operation" was only a spectacle and served as no more than a mild "painkiller" for settlers, further ridiculing the occupation's Prime Minister, saying, "Netanyahu probably does not believe his own words."
Other media outlets decried what they described as "the catalog of neutralizing infrastructure" in reference to the heavy damage inflicted only on the infrastructure in Jenin, describing Netanyahu's remarks as wearied, false, poisonous, and dangerous.
"The scale and intensity of the confrontations on the second day were fierce and direct, with the freedom fighters detonating new explosive devices, including powerful roadside bombs," a Palestinian commander of Al-Quds Brigades - Jenin Brigade - told Al Mayadeen.
"Our forces opened fire and prevented the advancement of occupation soldiers, dealing damages to and causing casualties among the enemy forces," he added.
