January 2023 Jenin incursion
On 26 January 2023, the Israel Border Police and the Israeli army conducted an armed raid on the Jenin refugee camp, which is in Area A of the Israeli-occupied West Bank and under Palestinian civil authority. According to The Jerusalem Post, the objective was to prevent a planned terrorist strike and arrest three wanted Islamic Jihad militants.
| January 2023 Jenin incursion | |||
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| Part of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict | |||
| Date | 26 January 2023 | ||
| Location | Jenin Camp, West Bank | ||
| Parties | |||
| Casualties and losses | |||
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| 3 Palestinian civilians killed 19 injured 1 building destroyed | |||
| Other incursions | |||
Nine Palestinians were killed by Israeli forces during the ensuing clashes, one of whom was an elderly woman. On 29 January, another Palestinian succumbed to wounds received during the raid, bringing the total killed to ten. It was the deadliest Israeli raid on the Jenin refugee camp in nearly 20 years. The Israeli government said at least six of those killed were armed men. The deaths brought the number of Palestinians killed in 2023 to thirty, 20 of whom were killed in Jenin.
On 27 January, UN experts stated "We deplore the Israeli army’s latest violent attack against the Jenin Refugee Camp, and the killing and wounding of Palestinians on Thursday. It shows a dangerous trajectory of violence in the occupied West Bank, continuing the alarming upward trend from 2022". Amnesty International called the killings unlawful and blamed "Israel’s apartheid system" for the ongoing violence including the Jerusalem shooting.