Jenin residents return after Israeli raid to find damaged, destroyed homes
Many residents of the occupied West Bank city of Jenin left their homes on Tuesday night as Israeli forces entered on the pretext of rooting out Palestinian fighters.
But once inside, Israeli forces conducted chaos, torching homes and gutting rooms. After a harrowing wait, residents returned to inspect what was left of their destroyed homes.
Clashes reported as Israeli military raids Nablus
Israeli forces have stormed the old quarter of the occupied West Bank city of Nablus, according to our Al Jazeera Arabic colleagues.
Palestinian resistance groups have said they opened fire and set off explosive devices targeting Israeli troops as they raided the city. No casualties or injuries have been reported so far.
Israeli military raids have been reported in other locations in the occupied West Bank in recent hours, including:
- The town of al-Khader, south of Bethlehem
- The village of Jalqamus, southeast of Jenin
- The town of Beitunia, west of Ramallah, where Israeli forces have opened fire
Israeli settlers threaten to set Palestinian families on fire during attack: UN report
Israeli settler violence, intimidation and harassment has driven more than 1,720 Palestinians in Bedouin and other herding communities from their homes in the occupied West Bank in just over a year, the UN reports.
Also, between November 12 and 18, a total of 25 Palestinians, including children, were displaced as a result of Israeli settler violence directed against them, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said in its latest situation report on the occupied West Bank.
Among the 1,722 Palestinians displaced in total by settlers since October 7 2023, there were 835 children, according to OCHA.
In one attack by armed settlers on November 15, assailants threatened Palestinian families to leave their homes at gunpoint and warned they would be set on “fire if they stayed”. “During the attack, settlers broke the windows and physically assaulted both the father and his son” who were in one of the homes that were raided, the UN said.
“The father later reported that his family was traumatized and had to leave without gathering their belongings,” OCHA adds.
