Among those shot at were representatives of three nations that threatened “concrete actions” if Israel doesn’t end its assault and siege on Gaza and others that support a genocide case against the country.

Israeli occupation forces fired what they called “warning shots” at a large delegation of international diplomats visiting the besieged Jenin refugee camp in the West Bank on Wednesday, an incident many critics said was an attempt to intimidate countries that just two days earlier issued an ultimatum to stop annihilating  Gaza and others that have joined a genocide case against  Israel.

Palestinian officials were briefing a group of more than 20 diplomats about the crisis in the illegally occupied West Bank — where Israeli soldiers and settlers have killed and wounded thousands of Palestinians including hundreds of children since October 2023 while pushing ahead with  massive land theft and  colonisation — when they came under fire.

According to the Israeli Foreign Ministry, the delegation “deviated” from the route approved by Israeli occupation authorities “and entered an area where they were not authorised to be”, prompting Israel Defence Forces soldiers to fire “warning shots to distance them away”.

“The IDF regrets the inconvenience caused,” the ministry added.

Israeli media 

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