West Bank residents protest Palestinian security forces following deadly clash with militants

Record ID: 1888738

  • Title: West Bank residents protest Palestinian security forces following deadly clash with militants
  • Date: 15th December 2024
  • Summary: JENIN, WEST BANK (DECEMBER 15, 2024) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF PALESTINIAN SECURITY FORCES VEHICLES IN STREET VARIOUS OF RESIDENTS, INCLUDING MOTHERS OF PALESTINIANS KILLED IN CLASHES, CHANTING IN PROTEST AGAINST SECURITY FORCES PALESTINIAN SECURITY FORCES VEHICLES IN STREET VARIOUS OF STREET SCENES IN JENIN
  • Embargoed: 29th December 2024 14:21
  • Keywords: Jenin Palestinians West Bank clash militants security forces
  • Location: JENIN, WEST BANK
  • City: JENIN, WEST BANK
  • Country: Palestinian Occupied Territory
  • Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Middle East
  • Reuters ID: LVA001730215122024RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text:Residents of the occupied West Bank city of Jenin protested on Sunday (December 15) a day after at least one person was killed in clashes between Palestinian security forces and Palestinian militants.
    Gunshots and explosions could be heard in the city on Saturday (December 14), where friction has risen in recent days between militant factions and the Western-backed Palestinian Authority (PA) of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas following raids by the PA.
    Residents identified the man who was killed as a militant though none of the factions immediately confirmed his affiliation.
    The PA's security branch said in a statement that its forces were undertaking a security operation to restore law and order to Jenin's historic refugee camp suburb, a stronghold of Palestinian militants alienated from the Palestinian leadership.
    The Palestinian militant group Hamas, which has been fighting Israeli forces in Gaza for more than a year, condemned the PA for the Jenin operation and its allied group Islamic Jihad called for a day of protests.
    Jenin has also been a hotbed of conflict between the Palestinian militant groups and the Israeli military in recent years.
    Since March 2022, Jenin and outlying areas in the north of the West Bank have drawn intensified Israeli raids after a spate of Palestinian street attacks.
    (Production: Raneen Sawafta, Lion Schellerer)
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