Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas made Wednesday a uncommon go to to the occupied West Bank’s Jenin refugee camp, his first since 2005, within the wake of a devastating Israeli operation final week.
Abbas arrived within the metropolis aboard a Jordanian helicopter from Ramallah metropolis, in line with the official Palestinian Television station.
Abbas was acquired by Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh alongside different officers upon arrival in Jenin.
The Palestinian chief then visited the Jenin Martyrs Cemetery, the place the our bodies of Palestinians killed throughout final week’s army raid have been buried. There he described the camp as an “icon of struggle.”
Several prime officers of Abbas’s Fatah get together, together with deputy chairman Mahmoud Aloul, had visited the camp quickly after the raid, solely to be heckled by crowds of indignant residents.
On Wednesday, Abbas expressed willpower to again Jenin’s reconstruction and safety.
He described the camp as an “icon of steadfastness and struggle,” in a brief tackle as crowds of supporters cheered.
“We have come to say that we are one authority, one state, one law,” he stated, warning towards anybody who “tampers with the unity and security of our people”.
He additional vowed to supervise the reconstruction of the camp and the town to revive it “to what it was or even better”.
Wednesday’s go to is the primary by Abbas to Jenin since 2012.
Abbas normally doesn’t make any visits to Palestinian cities apart from Bethlehem for Christmas.
Last week, Israel concluded its largest army operation in Jenin in additional than 20 years.
At least 12 Palestinians have been killed, together with 5 kids, and greater than 140 injured within the offensive, in line with the Palestinian Health Ministry.
The raid additionally left a large path of destruction throughout the West Bank metropolis, with dozens of properties, automobiles, retailers, and utility traces destroyed.
Source: www.dailysabah.com
