Eyewitnesses call Israel’s military raid on West Bank a ‘war’

JENIN, Palestine (AA): The Palestinians who witnessed the Israeli army raid on Monday in the northern West Bank city of Jenin, which killed six Palestinians and injured 91 others, likened it to a “war.”

Mohammed Abu Hatab, 39, a resident of Jenin, told Anadolu on Tuesday that they woke up early in the morning to the sound of heavy gunfire, thinking “there was a war.”

“It lasted for almost 10 hours. Our house was hit by bullets. Then there was bombardment by a helicopter. The sound of the bombardment was terrible. The explosions never stopped,” he recalled the moments with horror.

Hatab said their vehicles were also damaged by the raiding soldiers.

Mahmud Sadi, another resident of the region, said the Israeli soldiers “acted with revenge when they encountered an unexpected resistance.”

“They raided to arrest our people. They encountered resistance and some of their soldiers were wounded,” he said.

“They started shooting indiscriminately at everything, including houses, ambulances, journalists,” he told Anadolu.

Israeli helicopters target mosque

According to witnesses and images shared on social media in the area, Apache helicopters belonging to the Israeli army also struck the Munzir Mosque in Jenin.

According to the images taken by Anadolu, the interior of the mosque was severely damaged, with walls and columns riddled with bullet holes and windows broken.

The Israeli raid in Jenin drew a wave of condemnations from several countries, including Egypt, Jordan, Qatar, Türkiye, and the EU.

Tensions have been running high across the occupied West Bank in recent months amid repeated Israeli raids into Palestinian towns.