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by Jonathan Kuttab So now the “Jenin operation” has ended, leaving massive destruction in its wake. In an overwhelming display of military power, hundreds of armored bulldozers and army vehicles, supported by armed drones, helicopters, missiles(!), and tech support, the Israeli army asserted its dominance and conveyed the message of who is truly in control.… Continue reading Jenin

RAMALLAH, Tuesday, July 4, 2023 (WAFA) – A general strike is observed today in the West Bank, including occupied East Jerusalem, in protest against the Israeli occupation army incursion into the northern West Bank city of Jenin and the killing of 10 people since yesterday. Shops were shuttered and life came to a standstill in… Continue reading A general strike is observed in the West Bank in protest against Israel’s assault on Jenin

JAKARTA: Indonesia called on the UN Security Council on Tuesday for the immediate implementation of all of its resolutions related to Palestine, as it condemned deadly Israeli attacks in the occupied West Bank.  At least nine Palestinians were killed and 100 injured after Israel launched a ground offensive and airstrikes on Jenin on Monday. Video… Continue reading Indonesia urges UN to implement Palestine resolutions in wake of Israeli attacks 

Clean-up begins after three-day operation, the largest attack on occupied West Bank in two decades by Bethan McKernan and Sufian Taha in Jenin In the second floor of the Shibli family home in the Jenin refugee camp, three small boys knelt on the tile floor, picking up hundreds of spent bullet casings left by Israeli snipers who had used… Continue reading ‘It’s just like the intifada’: Palestinians reel from Israel’s raid on Jenin

Jenin refugee camp, West Bank: Israel has withdrawn its troops from a West Bank militant stronghold but warned that its most intense military operation in the occupied territory in nearly two decades could be repeated. Twelve Palestinians and an Israeli soldier were killed in the two-day raid. On Wednesday (West Bank time), residents of the Jenin… Continue reading Israel ends West Bank raid, calling it a blow to militants

Simon Tisdall The endlessly simmering conflict between Israelis and Palestinians, exploding into unbridled warfare this week in the embattled West Bank city of Jenin, threatens a broader, more far-reaching catastrophe. How much closer now is a third intifada or, worse still, a wider Middle Eastern war drawing in Israel’s sworn enemies, Hezbollah and Iran? Paradoxically, it is both sides’… Continue reading Netanyahu’s attack on Jenin shows weakness. The Palestinians are weak too – and therein lies the danger

Israel has portrayed its strikes on the Jenin refugee camp – the biggest military operation in the occupied West Bank for two decades – as a limited intervention lasting just a few days. This is scant comfort for the thousands fleeing violence, including families making their escape as homes and infrastructure were destroyed. The Palestinian health ministry… Continue reading The Guardian view on Israel’s strikes on Jenin: where will the violence end?

At least eight Palestinians killed and dozens injured as major Israeli offensive targets city of Jenin Israel has launched a major aerial and ground offensive into the occupied West Bank city of Jenin, its biggest military operation in the Palestinian territory in years, in what it described as an “extensive counter-terrorism effort”. At least eight… Continue reading Israel attacks Jenin in biggest West Bank incursion in 20 years

News.com.au / AFP | July 4, 2023 Israeli forces killed nine Palestinians in a large-scale operation Monday in the occupied West Bank that the army labelled an “extensive counterterrorism effort,” involving air strikes and hundreds of troops. The raid, launched under Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s hard-right government, targeted the northern city of Jenin and was… Continue reading Major Israel army raid kills 9 Palestinians in West Bank

Religious nationalists emboldened now their representatives are major players in Benjamin Netanyahu’s new administration Five bullet holes now scar the walls and window of Hummus Restaurant, a modest fast food outlet near the settlement of Eli on the Israeli-built highway running the length of the occupied West Bank. On 20 June two gunmen affiliated with… Continue reading Israel’s far-right government fans the flames of vigilante settler violence