this is jenin, the focal point of deadly confrontations. after the israeli military launched its largest operation against suspected terrorist targets inside the jenin refugee camp since the second oig. this is located in the north of the occupied west bank and houses some 17,000 palestinian refugees across an area is that less than half a square kilometer in size. the vast majority descend dants of palestinians who expelled or fled from their homes after the establish the of israel in 1948. over the last two decades, the city has seen waves of violence. in april of 2022, israel launched a major assault targeting suspected militants inside the palestinian refugee camp. at the time, operation was framed as a response to suicide bombings inside israel. but the scale of the incursion
military raid by the israeli army in 20 years. it says the israeli military says it was here to take out terror infrastructure. it was here to neutralize weapons sites that this place was being used as a terrorist haven, but for many of the families and residents who live here, it is one of the most densely populated and one of the most impoverished corners, they feel they are simply innocent and caught in the cross fire. sara? can you tell me, salma, what you re hearing from people because as you mentioned israel said, look, we were going after terrorist targets that have attacked israel, but there has been a call for retaliation from some of the palestinian militant groups. what are you hearing in jenin on that? what s so extraordinary, sara, when you look at the devastation across here, there is so much resistance, so much anger and so
the strongest, the largest military raid by the israeli army in 20 years. it says the israeli military says it was here to take out terror infrastructure, it was here to neutralize weapon sites that this place was being used as a terrorist haven. for many of the families and residents who live here, it is one of the most densely populated, impoverished corners. they feel they re simply innocent and caught in the crossfire. sara? can you tell me, selma, what you re hearing from people? as you mentioned, israel says look, we were going after terrorist targets that have attacked israel, but there has been a call for retaliation from some of the palestinian militant groups. what are you hearing in jenin in on that? reporter: what s so extraordinary, sara, especially when you look at this devastation across here, is
turkish retaliation means kurdish devastation. vital infrastructure like these gas storage tanks has been destroyed. at least 30 civilians have been killed during days of air strikes. translation: i was sitting in front of my house - when i heard a loud explosion. i saw smoke billowing from the oilfield. 30 minutes later, i heard a loud boom next to the side of the first explosion. turkey says operation claw sword hit nearly 500 terrorist targets across north east syria in response to this. explosion six people died when a bomb exploded on istanbul s busy shopping street nearly two weeks ago. ankara blamed the kurdish separatist group the pkk, which denied responsibility.
for the leaders to rid the country of corruption and racial divisions, and to also forge the way forward in the spirit of the moral compass that many believe was the driving force to tutu s leadership. nomsa maseko, bbc news, cape town. as you heard, desmond tutu s body will be aquamated rather than cremated i ll be speaking to an expert on this later in this bulletin, so do stay with us for that. the israeli military says it has launched attacks on targets in gaza in response to rocket fire from palestinian militants earlier on saturday. after night fell, the israeli defence forces said they struck what they called terrorist targets in the gaza strip. hamas radio said the israelis targeted some of the militants group s security posts and a training camp. the two rockets launched towards israeli earlier in the day fell in the sea off tel aviv. let s look at the pandemic now. and governments across europe have been releasing