Ramallah, January 22 (RHC)-- Israeli forces taking part in the deadly “Operation Iron Wall” in the occupied West Bank’s Jenin blocked ambulance crews who raced to save lives in the Palestinian city and refugee camp.

At least 10 people were killed and dozens wounded in the raid which involved Israeli troops, armoured vehicles, military bulldozers, drones and Apache attack helicopters.

Fawwaz Hammad, the director of the al-Razi Hospital in Jenin, said on Tuesday that it was not possible to give an exact number of those wounded by Israel’s military “because there are so many.”  “And ambulances can’t reach them to bring them to hospital,” he said.

According to the Palestinian news agency Wafa, Israeli forces are installing new iron gates at the entrances to towns and villages across the occupied West Bank, as part of a policy of “tightening the siege” on local communities and turning them into “isolated areas” where movement is severely restricted.