Several Palestinians injured by Israeli occupation forces in Jericho

At least nine Palestinian civilians were injured on Saturday morning after the Israeli occupation forces broke into the Aqbat Jabr refugee camp, in the city of Jericho, east of the occupied West Bank, after seven days of a military siege .

According to Palestinian sources, the occupation forces opened live fire at Palestinians in the camp and fired tear gas and stun grenades while calling on people at a section of the camp to come out of their homes in rainy weather.

The occupation soldiers broke into a poultry farm in the camp, destroying it in total, said witnesses.

The Ministry of Health said six people were injured by the army gunfire and taken to Jericho hospital, where one was shot in the chest and belly and reported in serious condition while the others were shot in the limbs.

Jericho hospital said three of the injured in the incursion were transferred to hospitals in Ramallah due to the seriousness of their injuries.

The Zionist forces have obstructed entry of Palestinian medics and health personnel to reach their workplaces in Jericho, the sources said.

E.M