What the Jenin camp’s Palestinian residents did to obstruct the Israeli soldiers

People in the Jenin camp Palestinian have resorted to making homemade anti-tank barricades and improvised bombs in an effort to slow down Israeli incursions.

Hours after Israeli forces retreated from the Jenin refugee camp, one of its main entrances had already been strengthened with barriers and explosives in anticipation of another Israeli invasion. This took place in Jenin, which is located in the occupied West Bank.

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The entrance to the camp Palestinian was blocked by large anti-tank metal barricades, improvised explosive canisters, and two parked automobiles. The camp was still suffering from a three-day Israeli air and ground assault that began on July 2.

In what has been called the largest raid on the densely populated camp since 2002, Israel carried out what has been described as the largest raid on the camp using explosive drones and missiles fired from unmanned planes while hundreds of soldiers raided the camp, taking cover in people’s homes, and spreading destruction for approximately forty-eight hours. There were a total of twelve Palestinians who were slain, including three children.

Over one hundred twenty Palestinians

Over one hundred twenty Palestinians were hurt, with many of them in severe condition. There was significant damage to a number of residences as well as highways, and at least 3,000 people were compelled to evacuate their houses.

Witnesses reported seeing Palestinian rebels respond to Israeli troops with gunfire. Nonetheless, combatants and camp inhabitants are relying more and more on innovative strategies in order to protect themselves against the persistent and lethal Israeli attacks.

They have included newly developed forms of homemade explosives that have been hidden in highways to cause damage to Israeli armored vehicles as well as what are known as hedgehogs, which are cross-shaped metal anti-tank barriers that are hand-made.

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Because the Palestinian forces are going up against one of the most technologically advanced armies in the world, these measures present more of a challenge than anything else could.

Nonetheless, they have grown to the point where they provide a threat to the Israeli army. The Jenin refugee camp, which has become a focal point of Palestinian resistance against the decades-long Israeli military occupation, has become an example for other Palestinian areas, such as Nablus, where similar strategies are being deployed. The Jenin refugee camp has emerged as a focal point of Palestinian resistance against the decades-long Israeli military occupation.

A member of the Palestinian Jenin Brigades, a small, cross-factional armed group based in the camp that Israel intends to crush, told Al Jazeera that they have increasingly come to rely on explosive canisters planted on roads. The Jenin Brigades are a group that is based in the camp that Israel intends to crush.

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A number of Israeli armored vehicles were shown on videos and photographs taken on the ground in Jenin to have been struck by explosive canisters, resulting in significant damage to the vehicles.

After we got past a certain point, we realized that the rock was no longer beneficial to us, so we started to have the sensation that we needed to invest more in these things. “We are facing a lot of destruction,” Omar Najjar, age 22, told Al Jazeera from within the camp, alluding to the practice of throwing pebbles or stones at Israeli forces. “We are facing a lot of destruction.”

Canisters of explosives made up the majority of the contraband that was seized because of their utility. It inflicts significant harm on their jeeps,” he explained.

“The army was unable to gain entry.”

Many of the residents and fighters in the Jenin camp assert that the Israeli army failed to capture fighters and confiscate rifles, that the majority of the people killed and arrested were civilians, and that the majority of the items confiscated were explosive canisters, including hand-thrown ones. These claims are supported by the fact that the majority of the people killed and arrested were civilians.

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The Israeli army claimed on its website that they “confiscated thousands of explosive devices,” and they also posted online photographs of crates containing those explosives.

In recent times, there has been an increase in the use of larger canisters that are stuffed with incendiary powder. The revival of an armed Palestinian resistance over the past two years has contributed to a significant increase in their output.

“The army was unable to gain entry.”

Many of the residents and fighters in the Jenin camp assert that the Israeli army failed to capture fighters and confiscate rifles, that the majority of the people killed and arrested were civilians, and that the majority of the items confiscated were explosive canisters, including hand-thrown ones. These claims are supported by the fact that the majority of the people killed and arrested were civilians.

The Israeli army claimed on its website that they “confiscated thousands of explosive devices,” and they also posted online photographs of crates containing those explosives.

In recent times, there has been an increase in the use of larger canisters that are stuffed with incendiary powder. The revival of an armed Palestinian resistance over the past two years has contributed to a significant increase in their output.

“There is no individual labor involved in the manufacture of the explosive canisters. Everything is in order, and the Jenin Brigades are in charge of overseeing the management of everything. “Everyone helps, whether they are a member of the brigades or not,” added Odai. “We can produce one thousand in a single day.”

It was impossible for them (the military) to access the camp. They are always sitting there, watching and waiting for the young people to arrive. They were only able to do one thing, and that was to shell the camp and all of the dwellings,” Odai continued.

Omar pointed out that the intention of the explosives, both those buried in the ground and those thrown by hand, is to slow down the movement of the Israeli army. Nevertheless, he claimed that inhabitants of Jenin also use whatever else is available.

“Once we had finished making the bags of kwa, which were hand-thrown explosive metal bottles, we began to invent items. “We started mixing burned oil and eggs, placing them in glass juice bottles, and tossing them at the jeeps,” he stated, noting that: “The eggs prevent the burned oil from being wiped off.” The eggs were thrown at the jeeps because: “The eggs prevent the burned oil from being washed off.” It causes the oil to become more adherent.

He claimed that at one time, they just utilized paint, which is an item that was utilized by a large number of other young Palestinians in the course of Israeli army sweeps across the occupied West Bank.

‘100 percent indiscriminate’

Residents of the Jenin refugee camp shield themselves from the Israeli army and lend their assistance to the combatants in a variety of different ways, including the use of anti-tank barriers, canvas shelters, and glass bottles filled with eggs.

According to Odai’s mother, Amany*, she and the other women in their neighborhood each have unique responsibilities that they must fulfill.

“We would go about the area and check on the children. Some make food. She told Al Jazeera that other people made the tea and coffee, and she mentioned that her sister had bought soft drinks and crackers for them.

“We ask them if they need any clothes laundered or help them if they are injured,” said the mother, whose second son, also a Jenin Brigades fighter, was slain in an Israeli targeted killing in June. Both of the woman’s sons were members of the Jenin Brigades. “For the past two years, these young people have been ensuring our safety.”

She spoke while she stood in the shattered living room of her house, which had been ransacked by soldiers and flipped upside down. She questioned whether or not there was a right for people to protect and defend themselves. They break into our homes and slaughter our children.

When the army had no chance of infiltrating the Jenin camp, they resorted to using their jets instead. According to Amany, “they were only able to get in thanks to their aerial attacks and bombardment of the area.”

It was the second night of the attack when Mutee Mahmoud Salem al-Saadi, a man in his 50s, and his family of 22 people, the majority of whom are youngsters, were forced to flee their home. Al-Saadi stated he had to abandon his home together with his family on the street in another neighborhood.

“They began firing their weapons toward the houses as though they intended to murder everybody or anything that moved. It makes no distinctions of any kind at all. According to what Mutee reported to Al Jazeera, “they shot at the ambulances and blocked them from reaching us.” “In addition to rabbits and hens, I also keep pigeons. They even shot them, which resulted in their deaths!

According to him, the attacks by the Israeli army on the camp simply serve to bolster support for the fighters.

The results that they are getting from what they are doing are the exact reverse of what they intended. According to Mutee, the activities of those people “only serve to boost people’s perseverance and increase people’s trust in the warriors.”

“The adults at the camp are always there to lend their support to the children. A few people bring meals. Others are going to bring water. The combatants themselves were the ones who distributed meals to the civilians.

“If you watch the funeral processions for these fighters, you will get a good idea of how much support there is for them.”

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