Israeli soldiers storm Shuafat refugee camp in occupied Jerusalem
No.
5161
Date
18 September, 2024
Original Social Media Post
"Israeli occupation forces storm Shuafat refugee camp in occupied Jerusalem."
- Source
Since the October 7 outbreak of clashes between Gazan armed groups and the Israeli army, the Israeli army and settlers have launched continuous attacks on Palestinians. In Jericho, Qalqiliya, Ramallah, Hebron/Al-Khalil, Nablus and occupied East Jerusalem, raids and armed attacks by settlers have continued over the past three days.
- At least 16 Palestinians have been killed between October 7 and October 10.
- The Israeli army has indeed carried out raids throughout the West Bank and in the various neighborhoods and localities of occupied East Jerusalem. Around and within occupied East Jerusalem, attacks and confrontations with the population emerged from the first hours of the Israeli offensives.
- In Jabal Mukkaber, in Issawya in the Old City and in the Shuafat refugee camp, clashes broke out between the population who came to show their solidarity with the Gazans under the bombs and the Israeli troops.
- Scenes of clashes were reported from the vast majority of Palestinian neighborhoods in occupied East Jerusalem. This was particularly the case in the Shuafat refugee camp during the evening of October 8.
On September 18,
- a Palestinian child was killed evening by Israeli soldiers.The Palestinian News Agency (WAFA) reported, quoting local sources, that a special unit of the occupation army stormed the camp to carry out an arrest campaign,** and fired live bullets at citizens, killing a child, Hani Al-Karr**i, who succumbed to his critical chest injury, and the injury of a young man.
- The sources added that the Israeli forces sent military reinforcements to the camp, which led to the outbreak of confrontations, during which the occupation soldiers fired bullets, sound bombs and tear gas, noting that the occupation forces arrested five young men from the camp.
- With the martyrdom of the Palestinian child, the death toll in the West Bank, including occupied Jerusalem, since October 7, 2023, has risen to 707, including 161 children, 10 women and 9 elderly people. (QNA)