On 21 January 2025, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) launched a major raid into Jenin in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. [21] [24] The Israeli operation, titled "Iron Wall", is targeting the Jenin Brigades, a local Palestinian militia. [24]The IDF stated that the aims of the operation are to preserve its "freedom of action” in the West Bank, to neutralize militant infrastructure, and to ...

11 hours ago · The Operation, Which Prompted Many to Leave the Jenin Camp, Followed a Prolonged Siege by Palestinian Authority Security Forces Against Militants in the Area. ... after a siege of the camp by the governing Palestinian Authority security forces was replaced by the Israel Defense Forces. In 2023, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for ...

1 day ago · Israeli troops will remain in the Palestinians' Jenin refugee camp once the large-scale raid they launched last week is complete, Defence Minister Israel Katz said on Wednesday as a crackdown in ...

4 days ago · Jenin has long been seen as a hub for terrorism, where weapons, money, and terrorist forces converge. “Jenin is the center, the hub from where terrorists come,” Kayuf said, outlining the camp ...

6 days ago · The sound of gunfire and explosions filled the air as residents of the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank hauled their belongings down the muddy pathway. Smoke billowed from multiple ...

JERUSALEM/RAMALLAH, Jan 21 (Reuters) - Israeli security forces backed by helicopters raided the volatile West Bank city of Jenin on Tuesday, killing at least nine Palestinians in what Prime ...

Jan 22, 2025 · Later, in the wake of the 1948 Arab-Israeli war that surrounded the creation of modern Israel and the flight or expulsion of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians, Jenin cemented its reputation as ...

Jul 5, 2023 · Israeli forces have concluded their largest-scale military operation in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin in decades, killing at least 12 Palestinians and leaving widespread destruction...

Jul 2, 2023 · Israeli forces launched what a military source said is its largest military operation in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin in more than 20 years, killing at least 10 people and injuring about...

Jul 3, 2023 · Israeli army strikes Jenin in major 'anti-terror' operation; 12 Palestinians killed 'Blood spilled will determine response,' Palestinian factions warn amid Israeli Jenin op; Is Israel's Jenin operation a military priority, or a show for the settlers?