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[ad_1] Israeli forces shot and wounded seven people in a raid on Tuesday in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian health ministry said as the Israeli army confirmed an operation was underway. The ministry reported “six minor injuries from live fire” reached a governmental hospital in Jenin, while another person shot had been admitted to a nearby hospital following the raid in the northern West Bank city. A statement from the Israeli military said “security forces are currently operating in the Jenin (refugee) camp”, without giving further details. There was no immediate confirmation of the identity of those wounded in Jenin, a hotbed for Palestinian armed groups. Frequent incursions by Israeli forces have led to clashes with local youth or militants, with at least 25 Palestinians killed in the city this year and no Israeli fatalities. The latest raid comes amid a spike in violence in Israel and the West Bank, which Israel has occupied since the 1967 war. The conflict ha...

[ad_1] Israel’s United Nations ambassador has called on UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to retract his condemnation of Israeli forces for using excessive force and harming civilians during their devastating raid on the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank. According to internaitonal media reports, the UN deputy spokesperson Farhan Haq responded saying that Guterres had conveyed his views on Israel’s operation in the Jenin refugee camp “and he stands by those views”. Guterres, angered by Israeli air attacks on Jenin and the danger posed to the civilian population, issued a statement on Thursday in which he said the assault had left over 100 civilians injured, uprooted thousands of residents, damaged schools and hospitals, and disrupted water and electricity networks. “Israel’s air strikes and ground operations in a crowded refugee camp were the worst violence in the West Bank in many years, with a significant impact on civilians,” Guterres said. The UN chief al...