Israeli Agents, Dressed As Medical Staff, Fatally Shot 3 Palestinians In Hospital | WATCH

A West Bank hospital was raided on Tuesday by Israeli undercover agents, some of whom were disguised as medical staff, resulting in the shooting death of three Palestinian militants.

The first such operation in eight years was witnessed by an AFP photographer who observed a bullet hole on a blood-covered pillow in Ibn Sina Hospital in the northern city of Jenin.

Photo Credit: X/@MustafaBarghou1

Around the bodies of the deceased, Palestinians gathered following the raid, reported NDTV.

The Israeli military entered the hospital, a major health facility serving Jenin city and its adjacent refugee camp, to target a "Hamas terrorist cell."

Israeli Agents kill 3 Palestinians

The killing of three people inside the hospital by Israeli forces was announced by the Palestinian health ministry, emphasizing that healthcare facilities are granted special protection under international law.

The "heinous" hospital killings were condemned as a "crime against humanity" by the Palestinian foreign ministry in a statement on X, formerly Twitter.

Closed-circuit television footage, said to be from the hospital and tweeted by the Palestinian ministry, shows armed men and women, disguised in medical uniforms or civilian clothes, moving through its corridors. The use of a baby carrier and a wheelchair as props by Israeli agents is shown in the video.

According to Hospital director Naji Nazzal, "a group of Israeli forces entered the facility undercover and assassinated the men." Weapons fitted with silencers were used, he said. Inside the hospital, blood soaked into a mat and a chair, and spattered across a wall, was observed by the AFP photographer.

The three men were named by the official Palestinian news agency Wafa as Muhammad Jalamnah, Muhammad Ayman Ghazawi, and Basel Ayman Ghazawi. "The operation was carried out at the hospital's rehabilitation ward where Basel Ghazawi had been undergoing treatment," stated the hospital's director.

Palestinians 'hiding' in hospital

The Ghazawi brothers were identified as fighters by the Islamic Jihad militant group, while Jalamnah was labeled a "commander" in the armed wing of Hamas. The Israeli army accused all three of being "terrorists" hiding in the hospital.

Jalamnah, involved in "significant terrorist activity," was known for distributing weapons and ammunition for shootings, according to the army. He was said to be "inspired" by the October 7 attacks by Hamas militants in Gaza, resulting in about 1,140 deaths, mostly civilians, in southern Israel.

The army stated that he "planned to carry out a terror attack in the immediate future and used the hospital as a hiding place and therefore was neutralized." Weapons were placed on the bodies of the Ghazawi brothers during a funeral procession in the streets of Jenin.

Israel, having occupied the West Bank since the 1967 Arab-Israeli war, intensified incursions into Palestinian towns and cities since October 7. Jenin has been a focal point of repeated Israeli raids, including demolitions of homes, street disruptions, and airstrikes.

While Palestinians often accuse Israeli troops of preventing paramedics from reaching those wounded in incursions, deadly raids inside hospitals are rare. The last such incident occurred on November 12, 2015, when undercover agents, pretending to bring in a pregnant woman, raided a hospital in the southern West Bank city of Hebron. They detained a Palestinian accused of stabbing and killed his cousin inside Al-Ahli Hospital.

Since the October 7 attacks triggering war between Israel and Hamas, more than 370 people have been killed by Israeli troops and settlers in the West Bank, as reported by the health ministry in Ramallah.