UN Agencies ‘Alarmed’ at Scale of Jenin Raid, Concerned About Access 

An Israeli armored vehicle fires tear gas during an ongoing military operation in Jenin city in the occupied West Bank on July 4, 2023. (AFP)
An Israeli armored vehicle fires tear gas during an ongoing military operation in Jenin city in the occupied West Bank on July 4, 2023. (AFP)
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UN Agencies ‘Alarmed’ at Scale of Jenin Raid, Concerned About Access 

An Israeli armored vehicle fires tear gas during an ongoing military operation in Jenin city in the occupied West Bank on July 4, 2023. (AFP)
An Israeli armored vehicle fires tear gas during an ongoing military operation in Jenin city in the occupied West Bank on July 4, 2023. (AFP)

UN aid agencies on Tuesday voiced alarm at the scale of the ongoing operation in the West Bank town of Jenin, where ten Palestinians have been killed, and said there were restrictions on medical access.

"We are alarmed at the scale of air and ground operations that are taking place in Jenin in the occupied West Bank, and airstrikes hitting a densely populated refugee camp," Vanessa Huguenin, a spokesperson for the UN humanitarian office, told a briefing.

She said three children were among those killed, without providing details.

"First responders have been prevented from entering the (Jenin) refugee camp, including to reach persons who have been critically injured," said WHO spokesperson Christian Lindmeier, referring to restrictions put in place by Israeli forces.



Roadside Bomb Wounds Four in Iraq's Kirkuk

Security forces in Iraq. (AFP file photo)
Security forces in Iraq. (AFP file photo)
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Roadside Bomb Wounds Four in Iraq's Kirkuk

Security forces in Iraq. (AFP file photo)
Security forces in Iraq. (AFP file photo)

A roadside bomb wounded four people in the northern Iraqi oil city of Kirkuk on Saturday, police sources said.
The bomb targeted a commercial district in the city center. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack, according to Reuters.
Earlier in the week, four Iraqi soldiers were killed and three others injured in an ambush on an army convoy southwest of Kirkuk, which ISIS militants claimed responsibility for.
Despite the group's defeat in 2017, remnants continue to conduct hit-and-run attacks against government forces.