The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Thursday morning withdrew from different areas of Jenin in the West Bank leaving behind massive destruction to four homes amid conflicting reports on the number of casualties and detainees.
Local sources told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that the IOF destroyed four houses one partially seemingly in reprisal for the losses its troops suffered during its operation in Jenin city.
The wife of Hamas-affiliated martyr Naser Jarrar said she saw a body not belonging to her son Ahmed who was reportedly killed in the armed clashes adding that she had no other details about her son or anyone else.
Israeli troops from the army and border police on Wednesday night stormed different areas of Jenin including al-Hadaf neighborhood in the city where they exchanged fire with Palestinian resistance fighters. The clashes continued into an early morning hour on Thursday.
The Hebrew media claimed that one armed Palestinian young man was killed and another was wounded during a shootout with special Israeli forces in Jenin city adding that two soldiers were also wounded in the events.
Palestinian local sources and the health ministry identified the slain young man at first as Ahmed “Naser” Jarrar whose father a senior commander of al-Qassam Brigades of Hamas was assassinated by the IOF in his wheelchair in 2002 in Tubas city during the second intifada (uprising).
Later in the morning the health ministry claimed that the martyr was 31-year-old Ahmed “Ismail” Jarrar.
Israel’s Channel 10 said that Ahmed Jarrar traded fire from a short distance with soldiers from the Yamam unit and was able to injure two of them one severely before he was killed describing the operation as a harsh night for the Yamam unit.
