JENIN, Palestinian Territories: Israeli undercover agents, some disguised as medical staff, on Tuesday raided a West Bank hospital and shot dead three Palestinians, in the first such operation in 8 years.
The raid was carried out at Ibn Sina Hospital in the northern city of Jenin, where Palestinians gathered around the bodies of those martyred.
The Israeli army said forces entered the hospital — a major health facility serving Jenin city and its adjacent refugee camp — to attack members of Palestinian group, western media reported.
Announcing the martyrdom by Israeli forces of three people inside the hospital, the Palestinian health ministry said that healthcare facilities are granted special protection under international law.
The minister of health demands urgently on the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), international institutions and human rights organisations to end the daily string of crimes committed by the Israel against our people and health centres, a ministry statement said.
Israel’s crimes against humanity
The Palestinian foreign ministry said in a statement on X, formerly Twitter, that the “heinous” hospital killings were a “crime against humanity”.
