Dozens of Palestinians injured after Israel forces raid Jenin refugee camp

Dozens of Palestinians were injured after Israel raided the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday.

They suffered from the effects of tear gas, according to local sources, who said that Israeli forces stormed several homes in the camp.

Fire was exchanged between Israeli troops and Palestinian militants, The New Arab's Arabic-language sister service, Al-Araby Al-Jadeed, reported.

Israeli soldiers brought approximately 70 army vehicles and a bulldozer with them to the camp, pan-Arab news website Arabi 21 said. Israeli snipers set up on the roofs of local Palestinians' homes as the military, which also employed sound grenades, denied ambulances access.

It comes just months after Israeli forces shot dead veteran Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh as she covered a raid against Jenin refugee camp in May.

The Palestinian Prisoners' Club's Jenin director, Montaser Sammour, told Al-Araby Al-Jadeed Israeli forces arrested three youths after storming Jenin camp at dawn, including a man who had previously spent time in Israeli jail.

Two others were detained but later released, he said.

Israel arrested at least eight other Palestinians – mostly former prisoners – elsewhere in the West Bank, including in Nablus, the Jalazone and Azza camps, and Al-Bireh city near Ramallah.

Ghufran Warasneh is the second Palestinian journalist killed by Israeli forces in less than a month, after the killing of veteran Al Jazeera reporter #ShireenAbuAkleh in the Jenin refugee camp on May 11 👇 https://t.co/lrZy47F6Ai

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It comes after Israel fired tear gas canisters at Palestinians and their homes on Tuesday night in the Al-Arroub refugee camp near Hebron.

Children were among several Palestinians who suffered from the effects of the gas.

In occupied East Jerusalem, Israeli forces protected dozens of settlers who raided the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound on Wednesday.

The settlers conducted Jewish religious rituals in violation of the longstanding status quo agreement which forbids non-Muslims from worshipping at the third-holiest site in Islam.