The Israeli army has begun adopting the “walking through walls” tactic to move between houses in Jenin camp, in order to avoid using the streets and alleys where the resistance factions are located.
According to a report prepared by Salam Khader, the occupation had previously used this tactic during the Al-Aqsa Intifada in Jenin camp, where soldiers would open holes in the walls of houses to move between buildings without having to pass through open roads that would expose them to resistance sniper fire, ambushes and explosives.
Observers point out that Israel is trying to re-engineer the West Bank camps, both civilly and socially, in conjunction with the escalation of resistance operations that are taking these camps as an incubator.
Israel had previously failed during Operation Defensive Shield in 2002 to eliminate the resistance in Jenin, despite the small area of the camp, which does not exceed 37 square kilometers.
Geography in favor of resistance
Therefore, a new method was adopted for soldiers to advance from one house to another by opening gaps in the walls, which limits their exposure to danger. This means that the occupation army relied on unconventional methods in confronting the resistance.
But on the other hand, the resistance fighters exploit their knowledge of the geography and terrain of the camps to their advantage, and are able to inflict losses on the occupation forces despite their great military superiority, using locally made explosive devices that are difficult to detect and detect.
Israel’s use of this tactic indicates its efforts to re-engineer the camps, change their features, and bring about a radical change in the political and geographical map of the West Bank, in line with its security concept.
It is noteworthy that the Israeli army continues for the fourth consecutive day a large-scale military operation in the northern West Bank, which it says aims to dismantle resistance cells in Jenin, Tulkarm and Nablus. It has so far resulted in the martyrdom of 20 Palestinians and the arrest of others.