UN Voices Concern Over Israeli West Bank Operation in Jenin

The occurrences in Jenin, in the West Bank, where Israeli airstrikes apparently targeted a refugee camp, have drawn the profound concern of the UN Secretary-General.

UN Secretary-General António Guterres reaffirmed on Monday that all military actions must be carried out in strict accordance with international humanitarian law.

The most recent operation comes after a similar one that took place in the camp on June 19 and resulted in the deaths of four Palestinians and the injury of 91 others, according to UN agencies.

Ten Palestinians, including three children, were killed as a consequence of the air and ground operations carried out in the West Bank town, according to the UN’s OCHA office for the coordination of humanitarian affairs on Tuesday.

At least 100 other people have been hurt, 20 of whom are allegedly in severe condition, according to OCHA. Since the operation started, many of camp inhabitants have allegedly gone.

According to press accounts, a Palestinian man drove into pedestrians in Tel Aviv, Israel, on Tuesday in what seemed to be a retaliation assault. Three of the seven wounded were badly.

An Israeli national shot and killed the assailant there and then. According to reports, the bombing was a direct reaction to the Israeli operation in Jenin, according to the Palestinian terrorist organization Hamas.

Buildings where people were residing in the camp and the nearby neighborhoods were “significantly damaged” by airstrikes in Jenin. The organization issued a warning that majority of the Jenin camp’s access to power and drinking water has been lost owing to damage to the camp’s infrastructure.

Many inhabitants, according to the UN Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), are in urgent need of food, water, and milk powder for children.

The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday that the “fragile and underfunded” healthcare system was being strained due to the severity of people’s injuries.

Medical teams and ambulances are having difficulty accessing the refugee camp due to the destroyed roads, according to UN humanitarians, and Israeli authorities are stopping cars, including ambulances, at the camp’s entry to examine them.

Ambulances with medical teams have reportedly been barred from accessing some areas of the refugee camp and reaching those who have been seriously wounded.

Volker Türk, the UN human rights head, said in a statement on Tuesday that the large operation in Jenin and the Tel Aviv car-ramming assault demonstrated that “violence only begets more violence.”

He said that the size of the Israeli operation “raised a host of serious issues” in relation to universally recognized human rights.