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| title = January 2023 Jenin incursion{{Refn | name = names | group = lower-alpha | Palestinians and others frequently refer to the assault as the Jenin massacre.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/481325/No-delay-in-response-to-Jenin-massacre|title="No delay" in response to Jenin massacre|date=27 January 2023|website=Tehran Times|access-date=28 January 2023|archive-date=28 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230128235503/https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/481325/No-delay-in-response-to-Jenin-massacre|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://kashmirobserver.net/2023/01/27/israeli-jets-bombard-gaza-one-day-after-jenin-massacre/|title=Israeli Jets Bombard Gaza One Day After Jenin Massacre|work=Kashmir Observer|date=27 January 2023|access-date=28 January 2023|archive-date=28 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230128235456/https://kashmirobserver.net/2023/01/27/israeli-jets-bombard-gaza-one-day-after-jenin-massacre/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://english.wafa.ps/Pages/Details/133025|title=Bangladesh condemns Israeli 'massacre' in Jenin refugee camp|work=WAFA|access-date=28 January 2023|archive-date=28 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230128005845/https://english.wafa.ps/Pages/Details/133025|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.aps.dz/en/algeria/46521-algeria-firmly-condemns-bloody-massacre-by-zionist-forces-in-jenin |title=Algeria firmly condemns bloody massacre by Zionist forces in Jenin|work=Algeria Press Service |access-date=28 January 2023 |archive-date=29 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230129001008/https://www.aps.dz/en/algeria/46521-algeria-firmly-condemns-bloody-massacre-by-zionist-forces-in-jenin |url-status=live }}</ref>}}
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On 26 January 2023, the [[Israel Border Police]] and the [[Israel Defense Forces|Israeli army]] conducted an armed raid on the [[Jenin refugee camp]], which is in [[Palestinian enclaves|Area A]] of the [[Israeli occupation of the West Bank|Israeli-occupied West Bank]] and under Palestinian civil authority.<ref name="NYTs" /> According to ''[[The Jerusalem Post]]'', the objective was to prevent a planned terrorist strike and arrest three wanted [[Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine|Islamic Jihad]] militants.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bob |first=Yonah Jeremy |date=26 January 2023 |title=Nine Palestinians killed in Jenin, Israeli forces thwart terror attack |url=https://www.jpost.com/arab-israeli-conflict/article-729685 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230126153902/https://www.jpost.com/arab-israeli-conflict/article-729685 |archive-date=26 January 2023 |access-date=2023-01-26 |website=The Jerusalem Post |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="auto1">{{Cite news |last1=Knell |first1=Yolande |last2=Gritten |first2=David |date=26 January 2023 |title=Nine Palestinians killed in Israeli raid in Jenin |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-64410607 |url-status=live |access-date=26 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230126110821/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-64410607 |archive-date=26 January 2023}}</ref>

Nine Palestinians were killed by Israeli forces during the ensuing clashes, one of whom was an elderly woman.<ref name="auto">{{Cite news |last=Weiss |first=Mark |date=January 26, 2023 |title=Nine Palestinians killed by Israeli troops in Jenin clash |newspaper=The Irish Times |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/world/middle-east/2023/01/26/nine-palestinians-killed-by-israeli-troops-in-jenin-clash/ |url-status=live |access-date=26 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230126152909/https://www.irishtimes.com/world/middle-east/2023/01/26/nine-palestinians-killed-by-israeli-troops-in-jenin-clash/ |archive-date=26 January 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/8-palestinians-killed-after-israel-storms-west-bank-refugee-camp/ar-AA16LfNu | title=8 Palestinians killed after Israel storms West Bank refugee camp | website=[[MSN]] | access-date=26 January 2023 | archive-date=26 January 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230126102311/https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/8-palestinians-killed-after-israel-storms-west-bank-refugee-camp/ar-AA16LfNu | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Israeli army kills nine Palestinians, including elderly woman |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/1/26/israeli-raid-kills-three-palestinians-in-jenin-fighting |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230126094110/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/1/26/israeli-raid-kills-three-palestinians-in-jenin-fighting |archive-date=26 January 2023 |access-date=26 January 2023 |website=Al Jazeera}}</ref> On 29 January, another Palestinian succumbed to wounds received during the raid, bringing the total killed to ten.<ref>{{cite web|title=Palestinian youth dies of injuries sustained by Israeli gunfire|url=https://english.wafa.ps/Pages/Details/133076|publisher=WAFA News Agency|access-date=29 January 2023|archive-date=29 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230129123732/https://english.wafa.ps/Pages/Details/133076|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Blinken urges Israel-Palestinian calm as violence soars |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/blinken-urges-israel-palestinian-calm-violence-soars-rcna68119 |access-date=2023-02-01 |website=NBC News |date=30 January 2023 |language=en |archive-date=31 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230131071853/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/blinken-urges-israel-palestinian-calm-violence-soars-rcna68119 |url-status=live }}</ref> It was the deadliest Israeli raid on the Jenin refugee camp in nearly 20 years.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |last=Bateman |first=Tom |date=2023-01-26 |title=Israel-Palestinian conflict: Fears of wider flare-up after deadly Jenin raid |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/64417822 |url-status=live |access-date=2023-01-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230126191802/https://www.bbc.com/news/64417822 |archive-date=26 January 2023}}</ref> The Israeli government said at least six of those killed were armed men.<ref name="auto2">{{cite web |last1=Estrin |first1=Daniel |last2=Batrawy |first2=Aya |date=January 26, 2023 |title=Palestinians say 9 killed in the West Bank, the deadliest Israeli raid there in years |url=https://www.npr.org/2023/01/26/1151627428/palestinians-say-israeli-troops-kill-9-in-west-bank-raid |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230126160437/https://www.npr.org/2023/01/26/1151627428/palestinians-say-israeli-troops-kill-9-in-west-bank-raid |archive-date=26 January 2023 |access-date=26 January 2023 |publisher=NPR}}</ref> The deaths brought the number of Palestinians killed in 2023 to thirty,<ref name = apnews /> 20 of whom were killed in Jenin.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Muaddi |first=Qassam |date=1 February 2023 |title=Palestinians 'in constant anxiety' after Jenin massacre |url=https://www.newarab.com/news/palestinians-constant-anxiety-after-jenin-massacre |website=The New Arab}}</ref>

On 27 January, UN experts stated "We deplore the Israeli army’s latest violent attack against the Jenin Refugee Camp, and the killing and wounding of Palestinians on Thursday. It shows a dangerous trajectory of violence in the occupied West Bank, continuing the alarming upward trend from 2022".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2023/01/israelpalestine-un-experts-condemn-renewed-violence-and-israeli-killings|title=Israel/Palestine: UN experts condemn renewed violence and Israeli killings of Palestinians in occupied West Bank|website=OHCHR}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=UN experts condemn Israeli killings of Palestinians in occupied West Bank|url=https://english.wafa.ps/Pages/Details/133035|publisher=WAFA News Agency|date=27 January 2023|access-date=4 February 2023}}</ref> [[Amnesty International]] called the killings unlawful and blamed "Israel’s apartheid system" for the ongoing violence including the [[2023 East Jerusalem synagogue shooting|Jerusalem shooting]].<ref name = Harpy /><ref name = AI />

==Background==
Tensions were rising since the events giving rise to the [[2021 Israel–Palestine crisis]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2021/10/4/october-2000-vs-may-2021-how-palestinians-defied-fragmentation|title=Analysis: Palestinian 'popular outburst' in May a turning point|first=Zena Al|last=Tahhan|work=Al Jazeera|access-date=27 January 2023|archive-date=27 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230127164947/https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2021/10/4/october-2000-vs-may-2021-how-palestinians-defied-fragmentation|url-status=live}}</ref> In the spring of 2022, attacks by Arab Israelis and Palestinians killed 16 Israelis and two foreigners, following which there has been near nightly army raids in the West Bank.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-63073541|title=Palestinian deaths toll in West Bank hits 100 this year|work=BBC News |date=1 October 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://jewishcurrents.org/israels-raids-on-palestinian-cities-an-explainer|title=Israel's Raids on Palestinian Cities: An Explainer|website=Jewish Currents}}</ref> The Israeli military launched what it called Operation Breakwater<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/31-arrested-overnight-in-west-bank-as-idf-launches-operation-breakwater/|title=31 arrested overnight in West Bank as IDF launches operation 'Breakwater'|first=Emanuel|last=Fabian|website=www.timesofisrael.com}}</ref> involving near nightly incursions into Jenin to conduct searches, arrests and home demolitions in the pursuit of armed Palestinian factions.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Starr |first=Michael |date=31 March 2023 |title=Operation 'Break the Wave:' Security forces brace for rising terrorism |url=https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-702782 |access-date=2023-04-05 |website=The Jerusalem Post |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=Iajib>{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jul/03/palestinians-killed-israeli-strike-west-bank-jenin | title=Israel attacks Jenin in biggest West Bank incursion in 20 years | newspaper=The Guardian | date=3 July 2023 | last1=McKernan | first1=Bethan | last2=Beaumont | first2=Peter }}</ref> The groups targeted included the Jenin Brigades, cross-factional groups of fighters created, according to Palestinian accounts, to resist the nightly Israeli raiding. The formation of these brigades has become a model for other refugee camps, and villages, across the northern West Bank.<ref name="Tahhan2">{{Cite web |last=Tahhan |first=Zena Al |date=30 January 2023 |title=Jenin refugee camp residents defiant after deadly Israeli assault |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/1/30/jenin-refugee-camp-defiant-despite-deadly-israeli-assault |access-date=2023-04-05 |website=Al Jazeera |language=en}}</ref> Jenin drew world attention in May when Al Jazeera journalist [[Shireen Abu Akleh]] was killed while reporting on an army raid in its crowded refugee camp.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/away-gaza-islamic-jihad-digs-against-israel-west-bank-2022-08-09/|title=Away from Gaza, Islamic Jihad digs in against Israel on West Bank|first1=James|last1=Mackenzie|first2=Ali|last2=Sawafta|newspaper=Reuters |date=9 August 2022|via=www.reuters.com|access-date=27 January 2023|archive-date=1 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230101065545/https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/away-gaza-islamic-jihad-digs-against-israel-west-bank-2022-08-09/|url-status=live}}</ref> The August [[2022 Gaza-Israel clashes]] followed a raid on Jenin in which Israeli forces arrested Bassam al-Saadi, a leader of the [[Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine|Palestinian Islamic Jihad]] in that area.<ref>{{cite web |last= |first= |title=Israeli forces kill Palestinian teenager in raid on Jenin camp |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/8/2/israeli-forces-kill-palestinian-teenager-in-raid-on-jenin-camp |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220803172812/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/8/2/israeli-forces-kill-palestinian-teenager-in-raid-on-jenin-camp |archive-date=3 August 2022 |access-date=6 August 2022 |website=Al Jazeera}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Israeli forces arrest senior Islamic Jihad leader in raid that kills Palestinian youth |url=http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israeli-forces-arrest-senior-islamic-jihad-leader-raid-kills-palestinian-youth |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220808001652/https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israeli-forces-arrest-senior-islamic-jihad-leader-raid-kills-palestinian-youth |archive-date=8 August 2022 |access-date=2023-04-05 |website=Middle East Eye |language=en}}</ref>
 
More than 170 Palestinians, including 30 children, were killed in 2022.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/1/26/why-israeli-raids-killed-many-palestinians-this-year-explainer|title=Israel raids: Why are so many Palestinians being killed?|first=Zena Al|last=Tahhan|website=Al Jazeera|date=26 January 2023|access-date=27 January 2023|archive-date=27 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230127125524/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/1/26/why-israeli-raids-killed-many-palestinians-this-year-explainer|url-status=live}}</ref> Armed militants were a significant proportion of the Palestinian deaths but many were not carrying guns and sometimes they were civilians. Some fatalities arose during protests against Israeli settlers setting up illegal outposts. Israel was repeatedly accused of an excessive use of force, a claim it denies.<ref name=":1" /> In 2023, prior to the raid, one-third of the Palestinians killed had ties to armed groups.<ref name="apnews">{{Cite web |last=Debre |first=Isabel |date=26 January 2023 |title=Palestinians: Israeli troops kill 10 in West Bank violence |url=https://apnews.com/article/politics-palestinian-territories-government-israel-middle-east-c8e644c39b066d78b8e2accde0a11e23 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230127000956/https://apnews.com/article/politics-palestinian-territories-government-israel-middle-east-c8e644c39b066d78b8e2accde0a11e23 |archive-date=27 January 2023 |access-date=26 January 2023 |website=AP NEWS}}</ref>

==Raid and aftermath==
[[File:YAMAM-Breakwater-Operation-2023-01-26.webm|thumb|[[Helmet camera]] video from a [[Yamam]] soldier.]]
Just before 7 am on 26 January 2023, as residents were preparing to go to work or school, an undercover unit in civilian dress penetrated the refugee camp using private cars with Palestinian plates.<ref name="Tahhan2" /><ref name="Tahhan">{{Cite web |last=Al Tahhan |first=Zena |date=28 January 2023 |title=Images of destruction left behind by Israel in Jenin |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/gallery/2023/1/28/palestinians-describe-horror-of-israels-raid-on-jenin |access-date=2023-04-05 |website=Al Jazeera |language=en}}</ref> Soon after, they were joined by dozens of soldiers who had snuck into the camp hidden inside a Palestinian dairy truck.<ref name="Tahhan2" />  The stated purpose of the incursion was to detain Islamic Jihad militants that Israel claimed  had been involved previously in planning and carrying out shooting attacks on Israeli targets. In addition, it was alleged that the group was planning further attacks.<ref name="auto"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/israeli-police-publish-headcam-footage-of-deadly-jenin-raid/|title=Israeli police publish headcam footage of deadly Jenin raid|first=Emanuel|last=Fabian|work=The Times of Israel|date=26 January 2023|access-date=28 January 2023|archive-date=28 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230128222007/https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/israeli-police-publish-headcam-footage-of-deadly-jenin-raid/|url-status=live}}</ref> One of the oldest camp residents, Ziad Miri’ee, alerted by sudden gunfire, peaked out and observed an Israeli soldier shooting through his car to hit a young local man. Neighbours tried to drag him from the line of fire.<ref name="CNN" /> A paramedic present at the scene, Abdel-Rahman Macharqa, spoke of trying to pull a civilian, who had been wounded three times, to safety and resuscitating him, only to see him die.<ref name="CNN" />  

The unit surrounded an apartment in the camp's ''Joret al-Dahab'' neighbourhood, a slum of sandstone houses,<ref name="CNN" /> where several resistance fighters were sheltering and attacked it with anti-tank missiles and explosives. Fire broke out and three militants inside were killed: two were brothers, Mohammad (28 years old) and Nour-al Din Ghneim (25 years old) from the nearby village of [[Burqin, Palestine|Burqin]]. The third fatality was Mohammad Soboh (30 years old) a camp resident.<ref name="Tahhan" /> A fourth member of the group, Izz al-Din Salahat (21 years old), was shot dead further up a nearby street while exchanging fire with the Israelis.<ref name="Tahhan2" />  On the day, at least 20 other Palestinians were injured by gunfire or tear gas inhalation, with four remaining in a critical condition.<ref name="auto" /><ref name="NYTs" /> 

According to a Jenin resident, Mohammed Abu al-Hayja (28 years old), whose home stands a few metres away from the demolished target, after minutes of gunfire Israeli forces broke into his home, handcuffed and blindfolded him though leaving his wife and two young children untouched, and set up a firing position above, on the second floor. Their apartment was then targeted by Palestinian counter-fire and the Israelis sawed the window bars in his bedroom and, from this second position, fired a rocket into the building sheltering the militants, causing a loud explosion.<ref name="CNN">{{Cite web |last1=Yooll |first1=Luis-Graham |last2=Khadder |first2=Kareem |last3=Robertson |first3=Nic |author-link3=Nic Robertson |last4=Cotovio |first4=Vasco |date=February 4, 2023 |title=Traumatized and afraid, Jenin residents are still reeling from Israeli raid |url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/04/middleeast/israeli-raid-jenin-residents-intl-cmd/index.html |access-date=2023-04-05 |website=CNN}}</ref> 

As fighting broke out, dozens of Israeli armoured vehicles and tractors entered the camp<ref name="Tahhan" /> and, for over three hours, exchanged fire with various Palestinian militant factions. Four [[Hamas]] militants and one member of [[Fatah]] died in the subsequent firefight. Two civilians were also killed.<ref name="auto"/> Majida Obaid, an elderly woman (61 years old) and mother of six, was shot through the neck while watching the fight from her bedroom window and died after managing to recite the [[shahada]], a prayer professing one's faith.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=Majida Obaid, killed by Israeli forces in Jenin, was 'very loved' |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/1/27/elderly-woman-killed-by-israeli-forces-in-jenin-was-very-loved |access-date=2023-04-05 |website=Al Jazeera |language=en}}</ref> Her daughter stated that the house continued to be targeted after her mother was hit and that Israeli snipers had been observed on rooftops nearby. The other civilian victim was a 16-year-old boy, Wasim Abu Jaes, who was run over and crushed to death by an Israeli military vehicle.<ref name="Tahhan" /> Ambulances trying to succour the wounded were reportedly fired on by Israeli troops who, it is also claimed, fired tear canisters at the nearby Jenin public hospital, causing respiratory problems among a number of children in its paediatric ward.<ref name="Tahhan" /> Almost every car and home in the neighbourhood was damaged by gunfire.<ref name="Tahhan" /> A 24-year-old man who was suffered a gunshot wound to his stomach during the clashes died at hospital on January 29, bringing the death toll to ten.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-news/palestinians/2023-01-29/ty-article/.premium/10th-victim-of-jenin-raid-dies-of-wounds-palestinian-health-ministry-says/00000185-fd3c-d96e-adef-ff3cee430000|title=10th Victim of Jenin Raid Dies of Wounds, Palestinian Health Ministry Says|work=Haaretz|first=Jack|last=Khoury|date=29 January 2023|access-date=29 January 2023|archive-date=29 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230129233350/https://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-news/palestinians/2023-01-29/ty-article/.premium/10th-victim-of-jenin-raid-dies-of-wounds-palestinian-health-ministry-says/00000185-fd3c-d96e-adef-ff3cee430000|url-status=live}}</ref> The operation lasted for three hours and resulted in disturbances among hundreds, and at times thousands, of Palestinian residents in the camp.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |title=Senior Israeli Officer: High Number of Deaths in Jenin Raid Do Not Represent Policy Shift |language=en |work=Haaretz|first=Yaniv|last=Kubovich|date=26 January 2023 |url=https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2023-01-26/ty-article/.premium/threats-against-soldiers-not-policy-change-led-to-high-number-of-deaths-in-jenin-raid/00000185-ed92-d51a-a1af-fffe02db0000 |access-date=2023-01-26 |archive-date=26 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230126211705/https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2023-01-26/ty-article/.premium/threats-against-soldiers-not-policy-change-led-to-high-number-of-deaths-in-jenin-raid/00000185-ed92-d51a-a1af-fffe02db0000 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In the IDF reconstruction of the incursion as reported in ''[[Haaretz]]'', the Israeli soldiers had recourse to [[Anti-tank guided missile|anti-tank missiles]] when the barricaded militants opened fire and threw explosive devices towards the Israeli troops. The official stated that the level of force used was [[Proportionality (law)|proportional]] and that if the soldiers had deemed it necessary, air power would also have been employed. The high number of casualties was attributed to the "threat level against troops" and not to any changes in policy, according to the official.<ref name=":0" /> Several Palestinian eyewitnesses stated that the house was attacked without any prior notice.<ref name="Tahhan" />

The Israeli military announced that it had targeted Palestinian militant group's training sites after 10 or more rockets were launched from the Gaza Strip; according to the military, four were intercepted, three fell in open areas, and several inside Gaza.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Schwartz |first=Abeer Salman,Celine Alkhaldi,Hadas Gold,Michael |date=2023-01-26 |title=Lethal Israeli raid marks deadliest day in over a year |url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/26/middleeast/israel-raid-jenin-west-bank-intl/index.html |access-date=2023-01-27 |website=CNN |language=en |archive-date=27 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230127074416/https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/26/middleeast/israel-raid-jenin-west-bank-intl/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Gazan sources told ''Al Jazeera'' of at least 13 Israeli airstrikes on al-Maghazi refugee camp after two missile attacks by drones.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Israel air attacks hit Gaza, escalation fears after Jenin raid |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/1/27/israel-airstrikes-hit-gaza-after-10-palestinians-killed-in-jenin |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230127201641/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/1/27/israel-airstrikes-hit-gaza-after-10-palestinians-killed-in-jenin |archive-date=27 January 2023 |access-date=27 January 2023 |website=Al Jazeera}}</ref>

On Saturday 4 February, a similar raid was attempted inside another Palestinian refugee camp, [[Aqabat Jaber|Aqabat Jabr]] in [[Jericho]]. It failed to achieve its aims, - seizing two militants suspected of trying to shoot diners in a restaurant in the nearby Israeli West Bank settlement of [[Vered Yeriho]] - while leaving seven injured Palestinians in its wake. On 6 February, Israeli forces reraided the camp killing a further five people IDF spokesmen described as 'assailants' firing toward Israeli troops 'operating in the area'.<ref>{{Cite news |last=McKernan |first=Bethan |date=2023-02-06 |title=Israeli forces say several armed Palestinians killed in Jericho raid |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/feb/06/israeli-forces-armed-palestinians-killed-jericho-raid |access-date=2023-04-05 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Sawafta |first=Ali |date=6 February 2023 |title=Five dead in Israeli raid on Palestinian militants in W.Bank |newspaper=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israeli-forces-kill-several-armed-militants-raid-army-statement-2023-02-06/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230208083831/https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israeli-forces-kill-several-armed-militants-raid-army-statement-2023-02-06/ |archive-date=8 February 2023 |via=}}</ref> On 22 February, a similar attack consisting of a large contingent of Israeli forces conducted an incursion into the heart of Nablus, and killed two militants reportedly linked to the [[Lions' Den (militant group)|Lions' Den]]. Another 8 Palestinians were killed in the raid, and 106 reportedly injured.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-02-22 |title=Israeli army kills 10 Palestinians in a single raid, including several resistance fighters |url=https://mondoweiss.net/2023/02/breaking-israeli-army-invades-nablus-surrounds-resistance-fighters/ |access-date=2023-02-23 |website=[[Mondoweiss]] |language=en-US}}</ref>

== Reactions ==

=== Palestine ===
The Palestinian government expressed its condemnation of the killings, which it described as a massacre. It called for urgent international intervention.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Palestinian Presidency describes Israeli aggression in Jenin as "massacre" |url=https://www.kuna.net.kw/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=3078854&language=en |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230126094313/https://www.kuna.net.kw/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=3078854&language=en |archive-date=26 January 2023 |access-date=26 January 2023 |website=KUNA}}</ref> Later in the day, the leadership conducted an urgent meeting, and it was declared that [[Oslo Accords#Securitycoordination|security coordination]] with Israel was no longer in effect.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.israelnationalnews.com/flashes/598182|title=PA suspends security coordination with Israel|date=26 January 2023|website=Israel National News|access-date=26 January 2023|archive-date=26 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230126163337/https://www.israelnationalnews.com/flashes/598182|url-status=live}}</ref> It will also immediately go to the Security Council to request the intervention of the United Nations and resume the effort to join the UN agencies as a full member.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.axios.com/2023/01/26/palestinians-suspend-security-coordination-israel-jenin-raid|title=Palestinian Authority suspends security coordination with Israel after deadly Jenin raid|first=Barak|last=Ravid|date=26 January 2023|website=Axios|access-date=26 January 2023|archive-date=26 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230126182908/https://www.axios.com/2023/01/26/palestinians-suspend-security-coordination-israel-jenin-raid|url-status=live}}</ref>

The deputy head of the political bureau of Hamas, [[Saleh al-Arouri]], referred to the events in Jenin as a "massacre" committed by "the occupation",<ref name="NYTs" >{{Cite news |last1=Abdulrahim |first1=Raja |last2=Yazbek |first2=Hiba |date=2023-01-26 |title=Israeli Raid on West Bank City Kills Nine Palestinians, Officials Say |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/26/world/middleeast/israel-raid-west-bank-palestinians.html |access-date=2023-01-26 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=26 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230126204428/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/26/world/middleeast/israel-raid-west-bank-palestinians.html |url-status=live }}</ref> and stated that an armed response "will not take long".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Sawafta |first=Ali |date=2023-01-26 |title=Israeli troops kill 7 Palestinian gunmen, 2 civilians in Jenin clash, Palestinians say |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israeli-troops-kill-three-jenin-clash-with-palestinian-gunmen-medics-say-2023-01-26/ |access-date=2023-01-26 |archive-date=26 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230126204334/https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israeli-troops-kill-three-jenin-clash-with-palestinian-gunmen-medics-say-2023-01-26/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== International ===
Adam Bouloukos, director of [[UNRWA|UNRWA Affairs in the West Bank]], stated that the raid had left children in Jenin traumatized, calling it an 'invasion' that violated 'not only international law but common decency.'<ref name="CNN" />

The [[Organization of Islamic Cooperation]] (OIC), based in [[Jeddah]], also condemned the "heinous crime committed by the Israeli occupation."<ref>{{Cite journal |last= |first= |date=26 January 2023 |title=OIC Condemns in the Strongest Terms the Continued Crimes of the Israeli Occupation in Jenin and its Camp, Calls on the International Community to Assume its Responsibilities |url=https://oic-oci.org/topic/ampg.asp?t_id=38302&t_ref=26174&lan=en |journal=OIC Condemns in the Strongest Terms the Continued Crimes of the Israeli Occupation in Jenin and Its Camp, Calls on the International Community to Assume Its Responsibilities |via=oic-oci.org}}</ref> Egypt denounced the Israeli attack and called on it to stop storming Palestinian cities.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Egypt denounces Israeli raid on Jenin camp that killed 9 Palestinians |url=https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/1234/484988/Egypt/Foreign-Affairs/Egypt-denounces-Israeli-raid-on-Jenin-camp-that-ki.aspx |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230126154751/https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/1234/484988/Egypt/Foreign-Affairs/Egypt-denounces-Israeli-raid-on-Jenin-camp-that-ki.aspx |archive-date=26 January 2023 |access-date=26 January 2023 |website=Ahram Online}}</ref> The UN envoy urged Israeli and Palestinian officials to de-escalate the situation in the West Bank.<ref name="auto2"/> The Arab League held the Netanyahu government fully responsible for committing the "horrific massacre" and called for international action.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20230126-nine-killed-in-israel-west-bank-raid-palestinian-ministry|title=Israel raid in West Bank kills 9 in deadliest clash in years|date=26 January 2023|website=France 24|access-date=26 January 2023|archive-date=26 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230126160429/https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20230126-nine-killed-in-israel-west-bank-raid-palestinian-ministry|url-status=live}}</ref> Saudi Arabia condemned "the Israeli occupation forces' incursion into the city and camp of Jenin in the sisterly State of Palestine.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mohamdeen |first=Mohamed |date=26 January 2023 |editor-last=Salama |editor-first=Mahmoud |title=السعودية "تدين وتستنكر بشدة" الاقتحام الإسرائيلي لمدينة جنين |url=https://www.swissinfo.ch/ara/reuters/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%B9%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%A9--%D8%AA%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%86-%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%86%D9%83%D8%B1-%D8%A8%D8%B4%D8%AF%D8%A9--%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%82%D8%AA%D8%AD%D8%A7%D9%85-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A5%D8%B3%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A-%D9%84%D9%85%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%A9-%D8%AC%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%86/48236196 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230128210133/https://www.swissinfo.ch/ara/reuters/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%B9%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%A9--%D8%AA%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%86-%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%86%D9%83%D8%B1-%D8%A8%D8%B4%D8%AF%D8%A9--%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%82%D8%AA%D8%AD%D8%A7%D9%85-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A5%D8%B3%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A-%D9%84%D9%85%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%A9-%D8%AC%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%86/48236196 |archive-date=28 January 2023 |access-date=28 January 2023 |website=SWI swissinfo.ch}}</ref>

The UAE, China and France requested a closed meeting of the Security Council to discuss the killings.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Magid |first1=Jacob |date=27 January 2023 |title=UN Security Council to hold emergency meet following lethal Jenin sweep |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/un-security-council-to-hold-emergency-meet-following-lethal-jenin-sweep/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230127091237/https://www.timesofisrael.com/un-security-council-to-hold-emergency-meet-following-lethal-jenin-sweep/ |archive-date=27 January 2023 |access-date=27 January 2023 |website=Times of Israel}}</ref> Although no statement was issued because, according to a UN diplomat, "It speaks to the recognition by members that they won’t be able to reach a consensus on this issue", the ''Times of Israel'' reported that, according to two UN diplomats, instead of addressing the Jenin attack, the meeting instead focused on the subsequent Jerusalem shootings although one diplomat reportedly said that some members were more critical of Israel's role in the ongoing escalation.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Magid |first=Jacob |date=28 January 2023 |title=Jerusalem attack unanimously condemned at UN Security Council session on conflict |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/jerusalem-attack-unanimously-condemned-at-un-security-council-session-on-conflict/ |website=The Times of Israel}}</ref>

Syria's [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates (Syria)|Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Ministry]] stated: "Israel, the occupying power and its terrorist government, adds this massacre to its history of acts of aggression and killing, taking advantage of the impunity umbrella provided by successive US administrations."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Qreima |first=Shaza |date=27 January 2023 |title=Syria condemns Israeli occupation massacre in Jenin |url=https://sana.sy/en/?p=298065 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230128082753/https://sana.sy/en/?p=298065 |archive-date=28 January 2023 |access-date=28 January 2023 |website=Syrian Arab News Agency}}</ref>

On 1 February 2023, Amnesty's International Secretary General said: "Israeli forces have killed almost 220 Palestinians including 35 in January 2023 alone. Unlawful killings help maintain Israel's apartheid system and constitute crimes against humanity, as do other serious and ongoing violations by Israeli authorities such as administrative detention and forcible transfer.<ref name= "Harpy">{{Cite web|url=https://www.jewishnews.co.uk/amnesty-international-cite-israels-system-of-apartheid-in-terror-attack-response/|title=Amnesty International cite Israel's 'system of apartheid' in terror attack response|first=Lee|last=Harpin|website=Jewish News|date=1 February 2023|access-date=6 May 2023}}</ref><ref name = "AI">{{Cite web|url=https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2023/02/israel-opt-palestinian-lives-in-peril-as-israel-reinforces-apartheid/|title=Palestinian lives in peril as Israel reinforces apartheid|date=1 February 2023|website=Amnesty International}}</ref>

== See also ==
*[[Timeline of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict in 2023]]
*[[2023 in the State of Palestine]]
*[[Battle of Jenin (2002)]]
*[[2023 East Jerusalem synagogue shooting]]

==Notes==
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==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8hoz69 France 24 interview] with [[James Zogby]]

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