According to the Palestinian news agency Wafa, Israeli forces prevented Jenin Civil Defense tankers from reaching the hospital.
Dargham Zakarneh, director of the Jenin Civil Defense Center, said that Israeli soldiers stationed at the hospital gate blocked the water delivery.
Noting that the hospital’s kidney dialysis department requires 100 cubic metres of water per day to operate, he warned that blocking the trucks would lead to the shutdown of dialysis services.
For his part, Wassim Bakr, director of the hospital, also said that continued restrictions could lead to a suspension of dialysis services if the water supply remained blocked.
The Israeli army continued its military offensive in the city of Jenin and its refugee camp for the fourth consecutive day, causing significant damage following clashes that lasted throughout the night, eyewitnesses told Anadolu Agency.
Palestinian television broadcast videos showing massive destruction in the city and its camp, including significant damage in the eastern neighborhood, where attacks targeted businesses, infrastructure and the Khalid ibn al-Walid mosque.
Television reported that the clashes spread to the town of Kafr Dan west of Jenin, where the army besieged a house amid gunfire.
On Wednesday morning, the Israeli army launched a large-scale, ongoing military operation in the northern West Bank governorates of Tulkarem, Jenin and Tubas, the largest operation since 2002.
On Friday, the Palestinian Health Ministry announced that the death toll in the northern West Bank since Wednesday morning had risen to 20.
Tensions are high across the occupied West Bank due to the brutal Israeli offensive on the Gaza Strip, which has killed more than 40,600 Palestinians, mostly women and children, since October 7.
At least 674 Palestinians have been killed, nearly 5,400 others injured, and more than 10,300 arrested in the occupied West Bank, according to Palestinian figures.
In a landmark decision on July 19, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled that Israel’s long-standing occupation of Palestinian land is illegal. The ICJ demanded the evacuation of all settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.
