Jenin, November 29 (RHC)-- In the occupied West Bank, Israeli forces have surrounded three hospitals and are blocking medical teams as they conduct a major raid in the Jenin refugee camp. 

The head of Doctors Without Borders, Christos Christou, posted a video last night while trapped with staff at the Khalil Suleiman Hospital.  He said:  It’s been already two-and-a-half hours that we are trapped in our hospital here in Jenin, while the Israeli forces are operating in another incursion in Jenin camp. There is no way for any of the injured patients to reach the hospital, and there’s no way for us to reach these people.”

Christou said at least two Palestinians died of their wounds while ambulances could not reach them during the siege.  This comes amid reports a 9-year-old Palestinian boy was shot by Israeli soldiers in Jenin this morning.

Israeli occupation forces have also destroyed at least two homes in Jenin, as well as roads and water mains, and rounded up at least 20 people.  Rights groups say Israel has arrested 35 Palestinians throughout the occupied West Bank within the past 24 hours, including a 12-year-old child.