INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
TEHRAN- Palestinian resistance factions have vowed to avenge an Israeli massacre in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin and its vicinity.A
battalion of at least 50 Israeli military vehicles, with special forces, invaded Jenin in the early hours of Thursday setting off armed
clashes with residents and resistance forces in the city and its vicinity.The exchange of fire lasted three hours until the Israeli military
including an elderly woman
A tenth Palestinian was also killed in occupied al-Quds (Jerusalem) during protests against the large-scale invasion.Scores of others have
been injured across the occupied West Bank in similar protests
In Jenin at least 20 others sustained injuries from live bullets, including four who are in serious condition.The Gaza-based Hamas movement
condemned what happened and stressed that "the Israeli enemy will pay the price for its crimes."Hamas spokesman Abd al-Latif al-Qanou said,
"The clashes in Jenin, the confrontation with the [Israeli] special forces in Jenin are evidence of the escalation of the Palestinian
people's revolution, which will not stop except by deterring the occupation, stopping its crimes, and sweeping it away on the land of
Palestine."He added, "All attempts by the Israeli occupation to kill the morale of our people and break their will by practicing the policy
of killing, demolition and arrest will not succeed and will not achieve security for its army and settlers."al-Qanou pointed out that "the
behavior of the extremist occupation government and the escalation of its crimes and its encroachment on our people, our people, and our
families will inevitably lead us to the Sword of al-Quds Operation 2 to defend our land, our families, and our sanctities.""What is
happening in Jenin is part of resolving the battle with the occupation."He pointed out that "the resistance factions are playing a
pioneering role in confronting the occupation."The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine stressed that the crimes against the
barracks, and adopt the option of comprehensive military and political confrontation against continuous aggression.As for the Islamic Jihad
Movement, it affirmed that "the steadfastness of the resistance in the Jenin camp is a clear indication of adherence to the right and
defending it, regardless of the sacrifices."The movement pointed out that "the resistance is everywhere, ready and ready for the next
confrontation in the event that the fascist government and its criminal army continue to attack our people, our land and our sanctities."It
also stressed that it will spare no effort to support Jenin, and all the Palestinian people.The powerful Gaza-based movement has called for
special force that entered Jenin and confronting it with courage confirms the vigilance of our people and our resistance that will not stop
its duty and tasks in confronting the occupation, thwarting its plans, and protecting its cadres and symbols."It said, "The continuous
crimes committed by the occupation (regime) against the Palestinian people reflect the extent of terrorism and systematic crime practiced by
the occupation."And it stressed that "resistance is the only option capable of curbing its aggression and stopping its crimes."In the same
context, the Resistance Committees in Palestine affirmed that "the blood of the martyrs will not be in vain and lead to all our people's
resistance and heroic revolutionaries on the path to liberating al-Quds (Jerusalem) and the al-Aqsa Mosque and defeating the occupiers."It
added, "Jenin camp will remain a nightmare haunting the Zionist enemies and an icon of the escalating revolution in the face of the Zionist
enemy and its extremist fascist government."The committees stressed that "the Israeli enemy will pay the price for its crimes, and the blood
of our people is not cheap, and these massacres committed by the enemy will return fire, anger and revolution in the heart of its alleged
entity."On Friday, sirens rang out in settlements near the besieged Gaza Strip after the resistance fired missiles towards the occupied
met with SAM Surface to Air Missiles fired by Hamas.The Palestinian resistance have used this anti-aircraft missile system a few times
before, but reports suggest an advanced model was fired this time.The SAM missile is used by modern armed forces and reflects the advanced
weapons in the hands of the Palestinian resistance factions in Gaza.The carefully planned Israeli raid saw all routes both inside Jenin as
ambulances from reaching Palestinians that had been shot.Thursday marked the deadliest single day attack on Jenin by Israeli forces in a
24-hour timeframe since records began in 2001.According to the health ministry, at least 30 Palestinians have been killed so far this year
by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank
This follows the deadliest year for Palestinians in the region last year.The ministry also says Israeli forces fired directly at ambulances
and medical teams.The governor of Jenin accused the Israeli military of firing tear gas at the pediatric ward of a hospital, causing
Video at the hospital showed women carrying children into a corridor.Scenes from the camp showed the great extent of the destruction caused
by the regime in the streets, alleys, and citizens' properties, who had no choice but to confront the invasion.Israeli media reported that
the battles in Jenin took place face to face, and that explosive devices and heavy shooting had targeted Israeli forces from all sides.The
Palestinian Information Center monitored the implementation of 25 acts of resistance in the West Bank and occupied al-Quds during the past
24 hours, including 5 shooting operations, the detonation of explosive devices, the throwing of Molotov cocktails, and an attempted
stabbing.The Israeli Chief of Staff, Herzi Halevi, has issued instructions to raise the state of alert in the occupied Palestinian
territories, amid heightened tensions that began early last year and witnessed almost daily Israeli raids as well as an increase in armed
Palestinian retaliatory attacks
aggression on the Jenin camp as an "organized crime and massacre".It has announced the end of its security coordination with the Israeli
Hezbollah, which has issued a statement praising the heroic resistance of the people of Jenin."The heroic response of the people of the
Jenin camp and the Palestinian resistance factions in confronting the Zionist terror machine, and their (success in) thwarting the enemy's
on the hands of the brave resistance fighters who write with their pure blood the dawn of Palestine's near victory, and expresses its full
solidarity with the heroes of the camp and all the other resistance fighters in the face of the occupation and its criminality."Hezbollah
also condemned the "Zionist aggression against the camp" and denounced the terrorist practices "carried out by the occupation forces, their
Yemeni parties also said "what the Israeli occupation government is doing, killing women and children and barbaric aggressive attacks on
will only increase the Palestinian people's determination to proceed with the resistance project."The Iraqi Scholars Group described what
happened in Jenin and its camp as a massacre in light of the suspicious international silence.The Islamic Republic of Iran, a staunch
supporter of the Palestinian resistance, condemned the Israeli aggression and said that "the silence of the West is painful and shameful,"
while stressing that the Israeli enemy will pay the price for its crimes.
