The Israeli forces surrounded the house next door and the girl pulled aside the curtain and looked out of the window. Then she was shot in the forehead, says her father Osama Musleh. – She hadn’t done anything wrong, and she didn’t have a weapon, says Musleh. Osama Musleh says that her daughter was shot by an Israeli sniper. Photo: Majdi Mohammed / AP The Israeli military will now investigate what happened when Lujain was killed on Tuesday, reports Reuters. Today, the girl was buried in the village of Kafr Dan near Jenin on the West Bank. The siege on the West Bank increases According to the UN’s emergency aid office (OCHA), 34 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks in Jenin and the Tulkarm area in the north of the West Bank in the past week. Four journalists will be injured. Jenin and Tulkarem are cities in the north of the Palestinian West Bank, which are under Israeli military occupation. At the same time as the war in Gaza has lasted for over ten months, violence in the West Bank has also escalated. Over 600 Palestinians have been killed there since 7 October, the UN stated last week. Around 120 are killed in air strikes. In the last week, hundreds of Israeli soldiers, supported by warplanes, helicopters and armored vehicles, have carried out attacks in the Jenin and Tulkarem area. Israeli forces raided Jenin on Sunday. Photo: Raneen Sawafta / Reuters Many are left without homes The Israeli army says their target is Iran-backed armed groups, such as Hamas and Islamic holy war. A number of houses have been demolished, armored bulldozers have torn up streets and roads. The devastation is great. A UN delegation tried to enter Jenin on Tuesday to assess the extent of the damage, but was denied access by Israeli forces. – Ambulances and health personnel are also hindered, notes UN spokesman Stéphane Dujarric. Israel’s Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said on Wednesday that Israeli forces are “eradicating terrorist organizations” across the West Bank. Published 04/09/2024, at 20.52 Updated 04.09.2024, at 22.07
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