Anwesha Dash, Pune
The Ibn Sina Hospital in the West Bank region of Palestine was raided by Israeli forces, who disguised in the garbs of Muslim women with full body covering, killed 3 alleged Palestinian militants; the whole ordeal was captured in the hospital’s CCTV, the footage of which has gone viral on social media.
Nearly 3 months after the Israel and Hamas conflict took a violent turn, many civilians in the Gaza strip have found themselves at the crosshairs of the conflict. Gaza’s health ministry claims that as many as 22,000 civilians have lost their lives as a result of the cross firing. The Israeli government on the other hand claims that the IDF (Israeli Defence Forces) has encountered around 9000 Hamas terrorists. After a recent raid that took place in a hospital in Palestine’s West Bank, the IDF has added 3 more alleged militants to its kill count.
In an ordeal that the IDF called a joint undercover mission between the army, Israeli security agency and border police of Jenin city in West Bank, 3 alleged Palestinian militants were encountered. Some of the military forces were disguised as Muslim women while dressed in head to toe covering and managed to infiltrate the premises. Other commandos were also dressed up as medical staff and ordinary civilians; all of them brandished arms under their disguise.
The three alleged militants were identified as Mohammad Walid Jalamna, and a pair of brothers, Basel Al-Ghazzawi and Mohammad Al-Ghazzawi by the IDF. As per reports of the Israeli government, the former was a member of the Hamas organisation who was allegedly planning to organise another terror attack akin to the October 7 violence. The brothers have been said to be members of the armed Islamic Jihad organisation.
Staff at the hospital have claimed that the commandos entered the third floor and surrounded it on all sides. The director of the hospital also said that the armed forces killed the three men “in cold-blood” while they were sleeping, in the room they were being treated.
Dr. Mai al-Kaila, health minister of Palestine, stated that “the occupation is committing a new massacre inside hospitals.”