Israeli military continues assault on several cities in West Bank
The Israeli army is pressing on with raids across several cities in the occupied West Bank. Bulldozers have stormed Tulkarem and the Jenin refugee camp, leaving a trail of destruction. Soldiers also detained citizens in Jalazone camp, north of Ramallah.
Israeli army preventing food, water reaching besieged areas: Governor of Jenin
Kamal Abu al-Rub says the Israeli army is preventing water and food from getting to families trapped in certain besieged areas of the northern West Bank city of Jenin and its refugee camp and families have been forced to leave their homes.
“Around 700 to 1,000 families, 4,000 to 5,000 residents, from the eastern neighbourhood and the Jenin refugee camp were forced to leave their homes at gunpoint [by the Israeli army],” Abu al-Rub said.
Hundreds of Israeli soldiers have been carrying out raids across the West Bank since August 28 in one of their largest military incursions in the area in years.
The operation, now in its sixth day, has caused heavy damage to infrastructure in the city and the adjacent refugee camp with multiple damaged buildings and a mass of streets torn up by armoured bulldozers.
In August, Israeli air strikes in West Bank increased sharply: UN
For over a week, Israeli forces have been using lethal, war-like tactics across the northern West Bank, deepening people’s humanitarian needs and raising concerns over excessive use of force, the United Nations has said.
Between August 27 and September 2, Israeli forces killed 30 Palestinians in the West Bank, including seven children, marking the highest weekly death toll since November 2023.
“Ten of the Palestinian fatalities were hit by air strikes. In August, Israeli air strikes increased sharply, killing 41 Palestinians, representing 44 percent of the total fatalities (95) from air strikes in the West Bank in 2024,” the UN agency OCHA said.
