Jenin: The UN is concerned about the ongoing Israeli military operation
In a statement from his spokesman on Monday, Mr Guterres confirmed that all military operations must be carried out with full respect for international humanitarian law.
The attack followed another operation in the camp on May 19, which killed four Palestinians and injured 91 others.
The death toll is rising
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said on Tuesday that as a result of air and ground operations in the West Bank, 10 Palestinians including three children were killed, according to the Ministry of Health of Palestine.
At least 100 others were injured, of which 20 are reported to be in critical condition, OCHA said. Thousands of residents have reportedly left the camp since the operation began.
In the clear a revenge attack in the Israeli city of Tel Aviv on Tuesday, seven people were injured, three seriously, when a Palestinian man drove into pedestrians standing outside a mall, according to news reports.
An Israeli citizen shot and killed the attacker at the scene. The Palestinian militant group Hamas reportedly described the attack as a direct response to the military operation in Jenin.
Lack of basic communication
The airstrikes in Jenin “severely damaged” the structures in which people live in both the camp and surrounding areas. The agency warned that due to damage to infrastructure, most of the Jenin camp has lost access to drinking water and electricity.
The UN agency for Palestine refugees (UNRWA), which manages four schools, a health center and other facilities in the Jenin camp, said many residents are in urgent need of food, drinking water and milk powder for children.
As of Monday, all UNRWA installations in the camp, staffed by 90 workers, were not working due to heavy fire exchanges, the agency reported.
Ambulances denied access
Meanwhile, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday that the extent of the injuries people are living strain on the “fragile and vulnerable” health system. and is working with partners to deliver more life-saving medical supplies to Jenin Hospital.
UN humanitarian said that the destruction of the road in the refugee camp access restriction for medical teams and ambulancesand Israeli soldiers checking vehicles, including ambulances, at the entrance to the camp.
According to the UN health center, ambulances with medical teams have been prevented from entering parts of the refugee camp and reaching seriously injured people.
Attacks on health
At least two hospitals have also been affected by attacks involving the use of firearms and gas canisters.
“Attacks on health, including preventing access to injured people, are very serious”, WHO said, calling for “respect and protection of health”, including safe access to health services in Jenin and across Palestine.
The intervention agency that there has been “significant increase” in attacks on health in the West Bank this year. The first five months of 2023 saw “minimum” 124 WHO-published bookThe result was the injuries of 39 health workers and involved 117 ambulances.
The execution must stop the efforts of the UN leaders
UN human rights chief Volker Türk said in a statement released later on Tuesday that the massive operation in Jenin and the car attack in Tel Aviv showed “violence only begets more violence.”
“Them killing, injury and destruction of property must stop.”
He said the scale of the Israeli occupation “raises a host of serious issues” regarding international human rights standards.
Some of the methods and weapons used by the Israeli army “are all associated with the behavior of An invasion is a military conflict, rather than law enforcement.“
He said in the context of the operation, deaths resulting from such airstrikes “could also be deliberate killings”.
“International human rights law set clear obligations on Israelas a receiving power, to ensure that all operations are planned and managed to minimize, to the greatest extent possible, resort to force and in particular the force of execution,” said the High Commissioner.
Israel is also obliged to ensure timely access to medical care to all those injured during the violence, he added.
