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nightwing1240

(1,996 posts)
Thu Jan 26, 2023, 08:48 AM Jan 2023

Nine Palestinians killed in Israeli raid in Jenin

Source: BBC

Nine Palestinians have been killed in an Israeli military raid in the occupied West Bank, Palestinian officials say - the deadliest in years.

An elderly woman was reported among the dead in the flashpoint town of Jenin.

The Israeli military said it had acted to foil major attacks by a Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) "terror squad".

During an attempt to arrest the militants, three opened fire towards the troops and were killed, it added. A fourth surrendered and was arrested.

Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-64410607



This is just breaking but ongoing violence continues.
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Nine Palestinians killed in Israeli raid in Jenin (Original Post) nightwing1240 Jan 2023 OP
scenarios, which may overlap: Tetrachloride Jan 2023 #1
Bibi and his right-wing supporters can't be trusted to be truthful about anything relating to Lonestarblue Jan 2023 #2
Sickenning malaise Jan 2023 #3

Tetrachloride

(7,865 posts)
1. scenarios, which may overlap:
Thu Jan 26, 2023, 09:41 AM
Jan 2023

1. Israel thinks America “supports” and doesn’t “condemn “ the actual. (i use quotation marks to allow variance of connotations)
2. Israel doesn’t care what others think.

Lonestarblue

(10,053 posts)
2. Bibi and his right-wing supporters can't be trusted to be truthful about anything relating to
Thu Jan 26, 2023, 09:54 AM
Jan 2023

Palestinians. Their goal has been for years to take over the entire West Bank and push Palestinians into leaving (for where, no one knows since they have been living there for thousands of years) or entice them into rebellion so they can murder them. Rational Israelis seem to be stuck in the same place as progressives in this country—ruled by a hateful minority.

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