Three alleged Palestinian militants — Mohammad Jalamneh and brothers Basil al-Ghazawi and Mohammad al-Ghazawi — were killed in an IDF raid at the Ibn Sina hospital in the West Bank city of Jenin. The IDF claims the three killed were hiding in the hospital and using it as cover, saying they were “hiding in hospitals and using them as a base for planning terrorist activities and carrying out terror attacks.”
The Israeli special forces disguised themselves as civilians wearing plain clothes and hospital staff wearing healthcare uniforms. The controversial decision to disguise themselves as medical non-combatants demonstrates Israel’s repeated pattern of violating international military standards of medical neutrality during times of armed conflict.
Israeli Minister of National Security Ben Gvir praised the military operation, saying on X, “Congratulates and strengthens the Israel Defense Forces for their heroic activity last night in cooperation with the IDF and Shin Bet forces in the Jenin refugee camp, which led to the elimination of three terrorists — let all our enemies know that our forces will operate everywhere and by all means to protect and protect our citizens State of Israel.”
Palestinian News agency Quds News Network condemned the raid, saying on X, “The CCTV footage shows the Israeli operatives using a wheelchair and baby’s bassinet in the cold-blooded murder. It also shows an operative holding a portable baby bassinet, presumably to conceal weapons.”
Quds News Nework reports one of the men killed was paralyzed and receiving medical treatment, saying on X, “This morning, undercover Israeli forces dressed as doctors and nurses raided Ibn Sina Hospital in Jenin and executed a paralyzed Palestinian and his brother, along with their friend, while they were asleep.” A journalist reported footage of the hospital room where the three men were killed during the raid.
