Eight Palestinians, three of them minors, were so far killed and 50 were injured, 10 of them critically, in the ongoing large-scale Israeli air and land assault on the northern West Bank city of Jenin, according to medical and local sources. The Ministry of Health and Jenin hospitals said in their latest update on the Palestinian casualties of the Israeli assault that eight Palestinians were killed, three of them killed in airstrikes, while the number is expected to rise in light of the many who were critically wounded in the assault. The eight were identified as Samih Firas Abu al-Wafa, 20, Husam Mohammad Abu Deibeh, 18, Aws Hani Hanoun, 19, Nour Eddin Husam Marshoud, 16, Mohammad Muhannad al-Shami, 23, Ahmad Mohammad Amer, 21, Majdi Ararawi, 17, Ali Hani al-Ghoul, 17. The army started after midnight a major assault on Jenin, starting with airstrikes before dozens of military vehicles and several hundred soldiers raided the city, concentrating on its refugee camp. The army bulldozers destroyed several streets in the camp to prevent the movement of cars and ambulances, said local sources.
Source: En - Palestine news & Information Agency - WAFA