Three Palestinians murdered in Israeli raid in Kafr Qud, Jenin
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Three Palestinians were martyred after an Israeli raid involving airstrikes, sniper fire, and bulldozers targeted the family home of martyr Tamer al-Nasharti in Kafr Qud, near the Jenin refugee camp.
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An Israeli armored vehicle moves near burning tires during clashes with Palestinian demonstrators in the West Bank city of Jenin, on May 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
Three Palestinians were murdered early on Tuesday following a brutal Israeli raid in Jenin that involved hours of siege, armed confrontations, and aerial bombardment in the village of Kafr Qud, located in the northern West Bank district of Jenin.
At dawn, Israeli occupation forces encircled the home of martyr Tamer al-Nasharti's family, a resident of the Jenin refugee camp. The raid began with heavy gunfire and explosions, spreading panic in the area.
According to local sources cited by the National Media Center, the occupation forces deployed bulldozers and military vehicles to the site of the Kafr Qud siege. Armed confrontations then broke out in the vicinity of the house, with thick smoke seen rising from the area.
In a dangerous escalation, Israeli warplanes launched two air raids targeting the besieged house. Later, Israeli media claimed that the occupation's elite Yamam unit had assassinated two Palestinian resistance fighters using sniper fire, followed by additional airstrikes by the Israeli Air Force.
The confrontations resulted in the martyrdom of three Palestinians. Their identities were not immediately disclosed, but the operation marks yet another deadly assault in a series of ongoing attacks across the occupied West Bank, particularly in areas around the Jenin refugee camp.
Israeli forces detain 13 Palestinians
In a related incident on Sunday, Israeli occupation forces carried out large-scale raids and detentions across several West Bank cities and towns, detaining at least 13 Palestinians amid ongoing incursions and settler violence.
According to local sources, occupation forces detained seven Palestinians from Ramallah and al-Bireh, five from al-Khalil, and a freed detainee from Tulkarm after storming his home in the city’s southern neighborhood.
In Nablus, occupation troops raided and searched multiple homes, while similar incursions were reported in the towns of Deir Ballut and al-Zawiya, west of Salfit. Footage shared on social media showed heavily armed soldiers breaking into residential areas and conducting house-to-house searches.
Meanwhile, a young Palestinian man was shot and injured by Israeli occupation forces in the town of al-Ram, north of occupied al-Quds. Occupation troops also opened fire on a group of Palestinian workers near the village of Husan, west of Beit Lahm, detaining several of them for hours.
