The Al-Jaleel Society for Care and Group-based Rehabilitation has offered important providers to disabled Palestinians in Jenin refugee camp for many years. However now, after repeated Israeli attacks, the centre has been destroyed, and its workers have found that it sits in an Israeli-designated demolition zone.
Al-Jaleel’s workers have acquired no official discover, however in early June, the Israeli military printed an aerial map displaying a number of buildings within the space that had been set to be destroyed, together with the rehabilitation centre.
Zaid Am-Ali, senior advocacy officer for Palestine operations at Humanity and Inclusion, Al-Jaleel’s companion organisation, informed Al Jazeera the explanation the organisations got was that the realm was being secured for navy and safety functions.
“This isn’t the primary time the centre has been focused, the Israeli navy has destroyed elements of it throughout earlier acts of demolition within the refugee camp and has breached and ransacked the centre and tampered with assistive units meant for individuals with disabilities,” Am-Ali stated.
Al Jazeera has reached out to the Israeli navy however has not acquired a response on the time of publication.
Supporting 1000’s of Palestinians
Al-Jaleel is a “vital lifeline”, Am-Ali stated, describing how the demolition of the centre would deprive weak communities in Jenin and the broader northern West Financial institution of its important providers.
It was established in 1991 because the Native Rehabilitation Committee, which turned an unbiased NGO in 2010 below the title Al-Jaleel.
Because it first opened its doorways, Al-Jaleel has offered 1000’s of Palestinians with a variety of help and providers, particularly to these with mobility impairments ensuing from damage, sickness, or conflict-related trauma.
In addition to prosthetics, orthotics and bodily and occupational therapies, Al-Jaleel additionally presents psychological help for these affected by incapacity and persevering with violent assaults perpetrated by the Israeli navy, which has been attacking Jenin regularly for years, however has intensified operations for the reason that start of 2025.
“This is similar space that has been topic to an ongoing Israeli navy operation for years now, inflicting a variety of casualties and injury to civilian infrastructure,” Am-Ali stated.
Al-Jaleel’s skill to perform and supply care was severely compromised in April when an Israeli assault broken the constructing.
Though workers have since relocated and began working from one other location as a consequence of their displacement from the camp, they haven’t but been permitted to re-enter the organisation’s unique constructing to retrieve any gear that was spared through the April assault.
Employees had been informed they might be allowed to evacuate their gear on July 12, however had been then not allowed to take action by the Israeli navy.
It’s unclear when or if workers will be capable to gather Al-Jaleel’s belongings earlier than the demolition takes place. With the realm now declared a closed navy zone, Al-Jaleel’s workers are being denied details about the constructing’s standing.
On the time of writing, the centre has not been demolished, however different buildings in its neighborhood have been torn down.
Violence in Jenin
Violence in Jenin has escalated considerably since January 21, when the Israeli navy launched “Operation Iron Wall” within the metropolis and the close by refugee camp.
In accordance with Israeli forces, the operation is an “antiterrorism” offensive, trying to crush Palestinian resistance efforts within the space.
The Israeli navy has for years tried to root out any type of armed resistance within the occupied West Financial institution, conducting raids which have escalated in severity for the reason that starting of Israel’s struggle on Gaza in October 2023. At least 1,000 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces or settlers in that interval.
“Operation Iron Wall” – concentrating on Palestinian fighters within the northern West Financial institution – began in Jenin, however has since unfold to Tulkarem, Nur Shams, and al-Fara refugee camps.
On March 22, simply 60 days after the start of the offensive, the UN company for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) reported that 40,000 Palestinian refugees had been displaced from refugee camps within the northern West Financial institution.
As well as, earlier this 12 months, Israeli authorities introduced that they deliberate to wipe out the Jenin refugee camp fully.
Since then, Israeli bulldozers have been tearing down industrial buildings and houses at an alarming charge.
Wafa, the Palestinian information company, reported on June 30 that greater than 600 houses and 15 roads in Jenin camp had been demolished.
On June 17, the Israeli Supreme Court docket rejected a petition filed by Adalah, a authorized centre for Palestinian minority rights in Israel, on June 12 to halt the demolition of Jenin refugee camp.
The Supreme Court docket authorised the Israeli navy to proceed with the destruction of almost 90 civilian buildings that housed a whole lot of Palestinian households.
“The Israeli Supreme Court docket’s resolution to uphold these operations, together with its 7 Could 2025 rejection of Adalah’s petition towards the mass demolitions in Nur Shams and Tulkarem refugee camps, supplies a false authorized cowl for insurance policies of pressured displacement and entrenched impunity,” stated Adalah.
Greater image
The potential demolition of Al-Jaleel matches right into a wider sample of Israeli assaults on Palestinian healthcare establishments.
The concentrating on of well being amenities, medical personnel and sufferers has been widespread throughout Israel’s struggle on Gaza. These actions are thought-about struggle crimes below the 1949 Geneva Conference. Israel has justified the assaults as being a part of its battle towards Hamas and different armed teams, accusing them, with none overwhelming proof, of utilizing well being amenities as cowl for his or her bases and operations.
In accordance with the World Well being Group (WHO), not less than 94 % of all hospitals in Gaza are broken or destroyed.
Between October 7, 2023, and July 2, 2025, WHO recorded 863 assaults on healthcare within the West Financial institution. These assaults affected 203 establishments and 589 well being transports
In an announcement to Al Jazeera, WHO reported that, of the 476 authorities well being service supply models assessed by WHO and companions within the West Financial institution in June 2025, solely 345 are totally purposeful, 112 are partially purposeful, 9 are non-functional, and 1 has been destroyed.
That, Am-Ali believes, is being ignored amid the comprehensible deal with Gaza, the place Israel has killed greater than 58,000 Palestinians. And it’s permitting Israel to get away with its devastation of Palestinian life within the West Financial institution, and its destruction of significant centres like Al-Jaleel.
“These developments should not remoted incidents and are in clear violation of worldwide legislation, together with the prohibition on the acquisition of territory by drive below the UN Constitution and the Fourth Geneva Conference,” he stated.
