PA PM: Israel “cannot defeat heroic Jenin”
Headline: “The [PA] prime minister: The crimes in Jenin, Nablus, and the Gaza Strip will not bring security to Israel”
“[PA] Prime Minister Muhammad Shtayyeh said that the crimes in Jenin, Nablus, and the Gaza Strip will not bring security to Israel…
In his speech at the start of the [PA] government meeting today, Monday [July 3, 2023], in Ramallah, the prime minister added that Israel has committed a new crime today in the Jenin refugee camp, during which 5 Martyrs have ascended to Heaven as of now, dozens of people have been wounded, and infrastructures and property of innocent residents have been destroyed (refers to Israeli counter-terror operation in which a joint terror headquarters was attacked and terrorists were killed and wounded -Ed.).
He continued: ‘What is happening is a new attempt to erase the refugee camp and uproot its residents. The occupation and its invasionscannot defeat heroic Jenin and its persistent refugee camp. Our heroic people will stand against the aggression that is taking place before the eyes of the international community, as innocents are being bombed by aircraft. Our people will not bend down and will not submit. We will continue the struggle until the criminal occupation passes from the world.’”
[WAFA, official PA news agency,
July 3, 2023]
2023 Operation Home and Garden - an Israeli counter-terror operation in Jenin that lasted from July 3-5, 2023. The operation targeted terror infrastructure in the city, and particularly the Islamic Jihad-affiliated terror group the Jenin Brigade, after 50 terror attacks had originated from the city and 19 terrorists had fled to it since the start of 2023. Israeli soldier David Yehuda Yitzhak, 23, was killed during the operation, while at least 18 Palestinian terrorists were killed and over 300 terror suspects were arrested. During the operation, Israeli forces attacked a terror headquarters located next to a medical clinic and two schools, one of them belonging to UNRWA. Several weapons factories were discovered containing hundreds of explosives and weapons caches. Terrorists opened fire on Israeli forces from within a mosque in the Jenin refugee camp, and after gaining control of the site, the Israeli forces discovered weapons caches including explosives and entrances to underground tunnels in the mosque's basement.