Israeli forces open fire on diplomatic delegation visiting Jenin refugee camp
Israeli forces open fire on diplomatic delegation visiting Jenin refugee camp
M.U.H
21/05/202543
Israeli forces stationed at Jenin refugee camp have fired live ammunition at a diplomatic delegation as it was entering the camp to view the living conditions of the refugees.
The diplomats that visited the camp on Wednesday were from Austria, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China, Egypt, France, India, Japan, Jordan, Lithuania, Mexico Morocco, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Sri Lanka, Spain, Turkey, the EU, and the UK, along with representatives from several other countries and journalists accompanying them.
The Palestinian Authority’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates had organized the visit for the international community to witness the Israeli regime’s ongoing aggression against the Palestinians in the Occupied West Bank.
The Ministry had arranged a similar visit to Tulkarem city and the refugee camp in the northern West Bank last week.
WAFA news agency reported that the delegation wanted to enter the camp from the eastern gate, where the regime has installed an iron gate, when the soldiers fired live ammunition directly and heavily at the diplomats and their entourage.
In a statement, the Ministry said, “This aggressive act constitutes a flagrant and serious violation of the provisions of international law and the most basic rules of diplomatic relations stipulated in the 1961 Vienna Convention, which guarantees protection and immunity for diplomatic missions and delegations.”
After the incident, the delegation visited the Jenin Governorate headquarters and reviewed the situation in the camp and the city.
The camp governor, Mohammed Jarrar, explained in detail the city's disastrous economic condition, the war's impact on its facilities, and the destruction of infrastructure.
More importantly, he described the extremely inhumane circumstances under which 22,000 Palestinians have been forced to abandon their homes and live in the tyrannical conditions the Israeli regime has forced upon them.
Later, the Ministry condemned the assault by the occupation forces on the diplomatic delegation invited by the Palestinian Authority.
Since October 7, 2023, when the Israeli regime began its genocidal war against Gaza, the number of attacks by settlers and occupation forces on the Palestinians of the Occupied West Bank has increased dramatically.
The Israeli regime has also killed at least 1,000 Palestinians and abducted 7,000 in the occupied West Bank.
