Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the assault on Jenin would be “extensive and significant,” as the military erected new checkpoints across the West Bank.
The ceasefire in Gaza between Israel and Hamas stretched into a fifth day on Thursday. Humanitarian aid groups are working to surge food and supplies to the war-ravaged territory as Palestinians scour through mountains of rubble.
The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) condemns in the strongest terms the Israeli occupation forces’ (IOF) brutal assault on Jenin, in the north of
Israel expands its campaign against militancy in the Palestinian territory after more than 15 months of deadly war in Gaza.
The West Bank city of Jenin was the target of an ongoing Israeli "anti-terror" operation that claimed the lives of at least 10 Palestinians and injured as many as 40 others.
In the days since a fragile ceasefire took hold in the Gaza Strip, Israel has launched a major military operation in the occupied West Bank and suspected Jewish settlers have rampaged through two Palestinian towns.
Israel’s defense minister has announced a series of raids that he says are targeting “terrorism” in the occupied West Bank, as Palestinian officials warned of a “man-made disaster.”
Hundreds of civilians began leaving their homes in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Thursday as Israeli forces continued military action around the city of Jenin, according to Palestinian officials.
As humanitarian relief surges into Gaza, Israel announces new military operations in West Bank’s Jenin refugee camp.
The military attack on Jenin began on Tuesday. At least 12 Palestinians have been killed across the governorate.