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Abu Baroud [one of the resistance fighters in the Jenin Brigade] asserted that they have been monitoring the activity of Israeli special forces. This allowed the Jenin Brigade to target the special forces on November 3 before they were able to enter the camp, according to Abu Baroud.

The Jenin Brigade has been active in the Jenin refugee camp for nearly two years now, and its military capabilities have grown steadily during this time, including its ability to manufacture locally-made IEDs. Members of the Brigade have established an organizational structure to keep a state of alert in the camp. “The resistance in Jenin has groups that fight, groups that keep watch, and groups that sleep, which is coordinated between all the resistance factions,” Abu Baroud said. “They are divided into several units, such as reconnaissance units, fighting units, and engineering units.”

“The engineering units make new IEDs which have been used to target and damage D9 military bulldozers,” he continued, referring to a particular incursion on November 3. “What happened was that the army’s forces entered the camp to try and extract the special force after it had failed in its mission and after the bulldozer was immobilized. The operation continued for another eight hours until they were able to repair the bulldozer and leave the camp.”

Abu Baroud also asserted the army has so far preferred to conduct quick operations led by special forces but that the Jenin Brigade has uncovered them each time and engaged them in combat. “The army is forced to remain for hours in order to evacuate these forces,” Abu Baroud said. “And with every invasion, the army’s vehicles are damaged.”

This also explains why the army has increasingly resorted to airstrikes in the camp. “They can’t confront us face to face, so they use their drones,” Abu Baroud maintained.

— by Mohammed Abed for Mondoweiss

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