For more than a month, Israeli forces supported by bulldozers have descended into Palestinian houses and destroyed critical infrastructure.
Israel says that he widens his military offensive through the occupied West Bank and prepares for the troops to remain in certain refugee camps “for next year”.
On Sunday, the Minister of Defense Israel Katz said that the army had “evacuated” three refugee camps in northern West Bank and had been ordered to stay there “to prevent the return of residents (Palestinians)” .
“So far, 40,000 Palestinians have evacuated Jenin, Tulkarem and Nur Shams refugee camps, who are now empty of residents,” he said in a statement.
“I asked the (soldiers) to prepare a prolonged presence in the camps released for next year and to prevent the return of residents and the resurgence of terrorism,” he added.
For more than a month, Israeli forces have been attacking Palestinian houses and has used bulldozers to destroy critical infrastructure. The attacks have largely focused on Jenin and Tulkarem.
The Israeli army said that tanks have been deployed in Jenin for the first time in the West Bank since the end of the second intifada, or uprising in 2005.
Nabil Abu Rudeineh, spokesperson for Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, condemned the decision to deploy tanks in northern West Bank.
“This is a dangerous Israeli escalation that will not lead to stability or calm, and we warn this dangerous escalation,” he said.
Since January 19, when the ceasefire of Israel-Hamas entered the Gaza Strip, Jenin and his adjacent refugee camp have been seated at an Israeli seat and at least 27 Palestinians were killed there .
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu asked soldiers to carry out an “intensive” operation in the West Bank after explosions Thursday on empty buses near such Aviv in what Netanyahu’s office described as a mass attack attempt.
No victim has been reported in the explosions and no groups claimed responsibility.
Meanwhile, the Palestinian press agency Wafa reported that attacks by the army and Israeli settlers also continued on Sunday through the West Bank.
In Naplus, at least eight people were arrested during the Israeli raids while two others were placed in police custody in Beit Hanina, a district of northern East Jerusalem.
The Israeli Bulldozers also destroyed the power lines and the water lines in the city of Qabatiya, south of Jenin, said Wafa, adding that Israeli soldiers have again set up a military control point at the entrance from Al-Issawiya, another district of Eastern Jerusalem occupied.
Israel killed more than 800 Palestinians in the West Bank since the war in Gaza broke out on October 7, 2023.
