In a new escalation, Israel carried out a large-scale military operation in the northern West Bank, about forty days after the Israeli Knesset adopted a resolution rejecting the establishment of a Palestinian state.
According to a report prepared by Salam Khader, Israel has worked at the political and security levels and at all administrative and military levels to confirm to the world its rejection of the establishment of a Palestinian state on any part of the lands that Israel considers to be under its control.
Within a few hours of one day, the Israeli army was able to reoccupy large areas in the northern West Bank, including parts that were supposed to be under the actual or administrative control of the Palestinian Authority.
This military operation is the largest in 20 years, but the political preparation and field mobilization were not born of the moment, but rather came as a result of a series of measures and decisions taken by Israel on the political and security levels.
Summer camps
The occupation forces had launched a large-scale military operation – at dawn on Wednesday – which they called “Summer Camps”, through which they reoccupied the northern West Bank. The attack included the governorates of Jenin, Tulkarm, and Tubas and their camps at the same time.
The forces entered from several axes, one of which attacked the Jenin Governorate from three axes, and penetrated from the Jalameh checkpoint to the north and from the Salem and Dotan checkpoints to the west. At the same time, additional forces stormed Tulkarm from the Nitzan Ya’oz axes to the west and the Jabara checkpoints to the south and Anab checkpoints to the east.
In the eastern part of Tulkarm, the operation was more focused, as the occupation forces carried out a paratrooper landing and then stormed the city from the eastern side via the Al-Hamra and Atouf axes.
