Dozens of Palestinian women and teenagers were released from Israeli prisons this week as part of a deal between Israel and Hamas to pause the war in Gaza.
The area has been reeling following an Israeli military plan that legal experts have described to Middle East Eye as "genocidal" and aimed at the permanent forced displacement of northern Gaza's population, as settlers plan for post-war colonisation of the Palestinian enclave.
Palestinians in Gaza are confronting an apocalyptic landscape of devastation after a ceasefire paused more than 15 months of fighting between Israel and Hamas. Across the tiny coastal enclave, where built-up refugee camps are interspersed between cities,
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Israel launches 'significant' military operation in West Bank, at least 9 Palestinians killed
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Ten Palestinians killed as Israeli forces launch major operation in Jenin
Palestinians Leave Homes in West Bank as Israel Conducts Raids
Families left their homes as the Israeli military pressed on with its raids in the city of Jenin, in the occupied West Bank.
At least 21 Palestinians were injured, 11 severely, after dozens of Israeli civilians, some of whom were masked, arrived at the area of Al Funduq, in the West Bank, and "instigated riots, set property on fire and caused damage," according to the Israel Defense Forces.
In his inauguration speech on Monday, President Donald Trump said he wanted to be known as “a peacemaker and a unifier” in his second term, before applauding his own efforts of securing a ceasefire between Hamas and Israel, as well as the return of three Israeli hostages from Gaza.
Honestly, my feelings are indescribable,” Boshara Amro, 21, told NBC News after her sister Jeneen was released.
The ceasefire came into effect Sunday after an initial three-hour delay, during which almost 20 more Palestinians were killed, according to medics in the decimated Palestinian territory. Under the terms of the deal,
The action came a day after President Donald Trump said he will lift sanctions on ultranationalist Israeli settlers who attacked Palestinian villages.
Hundreds of Palestinians have been forcibly displaced by the Israeli army amid a massive operation in Jenin and its refugee camp.
Thirteen-year-old Zakariya Barbakh had spent most of his life shuffling between hospitals across Gaza, the occupied West Bank and Israel.
Tent encampments prepared as displaced Palestinians set to return to northern Gaza.
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