Gunfire and explosions rocked the Jenin area of the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, an AFP journalist reported, as the Israeli military kept up a large-scale raid for a second day. An AFP correspondent reported hearing gunfire and explosions from the northern city's refugee camp,
Israeli forces killed a Palestinian young, on Tuesday, after shooting him and abducting him in the village of Ti'inik, northwest of Jenin, in the north
PA forces shot and killed a Palestinian man in Jenin, as Israel’s military offensive in West Bank town and refugee camp entered a second day.
A Palestinian official reported shooting and explosions in the flashpoint West Bank town of Jenin as Israeli forces pressed a raid that the military described as a "counter terrorism" operation.
The escalating Israeli raid on Jenin continued despite the recent ceasefire in Gaza, pausing an Israeli assault on the territory that had continued for 15 months after the October 7th Hamas attacks on Israeli towns and kibbutzim around Gaza.
The Palestinian health ministry, based in Ramallah, said the operation had killed eight people, just days after a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas took effect in the Gaza Strip. The Palestinian Red Crescent said its first responders treated seven people injured by live ammunition and that Israeli forces were hindering their access to the area.
The Israeli Defense Forces’ (IDF) re-entry into the Jenin refugee camp this Tuesday as part of the Iron Wall operation has once again drawn global attention. This marks Israel’s second major incursion into the West Bank following the Summer Camps military operation on August 28, 2024.
According to the Palestinian news agency Wafa, Israeli forces are installing new iron gates at the entrances to towns and villages across the occupied West Bank, as part of a policy of “tightening the siege” on local communities and turning them into “isolated areas” where movement is severely restricted.
West Bank terrorist groups are a persistent and evolving security challenge for Israel and the Palestinian Authority. These groups’ numbers, arsenals, and capabilities have expanded dramatically since an initial surge of terrorist activity in June 2021.
Israeli forces have besieged a Palestinian government hospital in Jenin and a nearby refugee camp in the heart of
Israel has continued its brutal assault on Jenin the occupied West Bank, with 10 people dead and dozens detained in the attack.