The mother of Muhammad Ayman Ghazawi and Basel Ayman Ghazawi, two of three Palestinian men killed by undercover Israeli agents mourns during their funeral in the occupied West Bank city on January 30, 2024. (Photo by Zain Jaafar / AFP)
Doha, Qatar: Israeli forces disguised as civilian women and medical workers stormed a hospital Tuesday in the occupied West Bank, and opened fire inside the wards of Ibn Sina Hospital in Jenin, killing three.
The Palestinian Health Ministry condemned the raid and called on the international community to pressure Israel's military to halt such operations in hospitals. A hospital spokesperson said there was no exchange of fire, indicating that it was a targeted killing.
CCTV footage of a deadly raid by undercover Israeli troops at the Ibn Sina hospital in the city of Jenin in the occupied West Bank. (Photo by UGC / AFP)
Security footage from the hospital that circulated on social media showed about a dozen undercover forces, most of them armed, dressed as women or hospital staff in scrubs or white doctor’s coats. One in a surgical mask carried a rifle in one arm and a folded wheelchair in the other. The forces were seen patting down one man who kneeled against a wall, his arms raised.
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