Fatah misrepresents Israeli counter-terror operations as “organized terror”

The Fatah Commission of Information and Culture posted text on its Facebook page

Posted text: “Official Fatah Movement Spokesperson Mundhir Al-Hayek:

The Zionist government of murder and crime is committing a dangerous massacre in Jenin (refers to 2023 Operation Home and Garden targeting terror infrastructure; see note below -Ed.). We call on our Palestinian people and the young revolutionaries to be alert and to be careful of the snipers who shoot at civilians and children.

We also demand that the international community and the mediators quickly intervene to save Jenin and its residents from the organized terror that the government of [Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu is implementing.”

[Fatah Commission of Information and Culture, Facebook page, 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.