Thread by @alhaq_org

In this🧵, we tell the events of Jenin refugee camp raid carried out by Israeli Occupying Forces (IOF) on Thursday 26 January 2023, resulting in the killing of 10 Palestinians, the injury of 20 according to ministry of health, few of which are in critical conditions. 1/14

Early morning 26 Jan 2023, the IOF; special units driving civilian vehicles, including a Palestinian truck of dairy products, raided Jouret al-Dahab neighbourhood in the middle of Jenin Refugee Camp & sieged a residential building belonging to the Al-Sabbagh family 2/14

Several IOF raided residential buildings near the Al-Sabbagh home, deploying fully armed occupying soldiers, including snipers, into the houses, which were then used as sniper concealment points, terrorizing the civilian residents of these houses & endangering their lives 3/14

Meanwhile, the IOF started bombing the Al-Sabbagh building without any prior warning, and fired at those present in the building, resulting in the killing of one Palestinian with a shot in the head. 4/14

Afterwards, an Israeli intelligence officer called a member of the Al-Sabbagh family, instructing her to leave the building, alongside others found therein, & requiring one of them to dress in white. 5/14

During the call, & as the Palestinians attempted to leave the building, the IOF fired at them hitting one in the leg. After exiting the building, the Palestinian instructed to dress in white was later partially stripped off his clothes, beaten & arrested by the IOF. 6/14

Between 7:00 & 9:30 am, the IOF heavily fired shells & live ammunition in the area, which resulted in an extensive destruction of the Al-Sabbagh family building & the partial destruction of another home. 7/14

Three of those present in the Al-Sabbagh family building were killed due to the heavy shelling of the building by the IOF, as the bodies of two of them were found completely burnt. 8/14

The IOF also targeted a community social & sport club in Jenin Camp with a military bulldozer, destroying a tin roof shade over the concrete stands, & several vehicles parked in the yard, in one of which a Palestinian was found and was critically injured as a result 9/14

Electricity generators were also targeted, cutting off electricity & internet to the Refugee Camp & its surroundings, including the Jenin Government Hospital, against which the IOF fired tear gas bombs, resulting in the suffocation of patients, including women & children. 10/14

Alarmingly, the Israeli authorities communicated to the Palestine Red Crescent Society that medical units would be denied entry to Jenin Refugee Camp absent prior coordination with the International Committee of the Red Cross. 11/14

The acts carried out by the IOF in Jenin Refugee Camp on 26 Jan 2023 violate international law, including international human rights & humanitarian law, & amount to international crimes prosecutable under the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC). 12/14

Root causes driving the never-ending cycle of violence & violations against the Palestinian people must be addressed, including the denial of the right to self-determination, return of the Palestinian people, the settler-colonial & apartheid regime, & the illegal occupation 13/14

For our legal analysis and contextualization see the full piece here: alhaq.org/advocacy/21158…
#EndImpunity #EndIsraeliApartheid 14/14