Palestinians inspected the damage in Jenin as Israeli forces withdraw from the refugee camp on July 5.

During the raid on the camp, 12 locals were killed as well as an Israeli soldier.

People returned to their homes, which they were forced to leave by the soldiers on Monday night, to find out that their homes were heavily damaged.

RESTRICTION SUMMARY: Jenin - 05 July 2023. Palestinians inspect the damage after an Israeli military operation in the Jenin refugee camp in the West Bank

0.1 SOUNDBITE (in Arabic) Citizen, Samer Abu Al-Haija

STORYLINE:

The Israeli army left the refugee camp early this morning leaving behind heavy destruction to homes and infrastructure.

Israel sent over 1000 soldiers of its top elite units and more than 150 military vehicles into Jenin and its refugee camp on Monday hoping to rout out the armed Palestinian fighters.

In the process, the soldiers shot and killed 12 people, most of them civilians and five of them children under 18 years of age, and more than 140 injuries, with more than 20 remaining in critical condition.

An Israeli soldier was also killed in the assault and another was wounded.

After failing to achieve its goal following two days of destruction and killing in Jenin, Israel started last night to pull out its forces, which was completed this morning.

People returned to their homes, which they were forced to leave by the soldiers on Monday night, to find out that their homes were ransacked and heavily damaged as soldiers would knock down walls to move from one house to another in the crowded and small refugee camp.

More than 11,000 people live in Jenin refugee camp in an area of half a square kilometer.

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