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Israel’s violence in Jenin a ‘deflection’ after Israeli commanders resign over Oct 7 failure

Al Jazeera’s senior political analyst Marwan Bishara said he had predicted that the occupied West Bank would face a military onslaught following Israel’s war on Gaza. “After they destroy Gaza, they want to destroy the West Bank or annex most of it,” Bishara said, adding, “and certainly humiliate, scare and kill as many people as possible”.

He said that the Israeli military operation in Jenin could be the start of such a plan.

Bishara said that attacking Palestinians in the West Bank also served to deflect public attention in Israel after the resignations of Israeli military commanders for their admitted failure to protect Israel from the Hamas attack in October 2023.

“I think the Netanyahu government is deflecting. Where does it deflect? In the West Bank. In Jenin. By various closures and by a huge attack on Jenin that probably will go on for days, weeks – perhaps more.”

The West Bank violence also appeases the ultra-nationalists in Netanyahu’s government who were against the ceasefire in Gaza, he added.

“It is almost understood in Israel that the year 2025 – meaning this year – after the destruction of Gaza – will be the year of annexations in the West Bank. Illegal annexations in the West Bank that will torpedo the possibility of a two-state solution.”


UN expert warns Israel’s genocide could spread to West Bank

The UN’s special rapporteur on human rights in the occupied Palestinian territory, Francesca Albanese, has warned of the potential consequences of Israel’s escalating violence in the occupied West Bank going unchecked.

“As the long awaited ceasefire in Gaza took place, Israel’s death machinery escalated its firing in the West Bank, killing 10 people in Jenin [on Tuesday],” Albanese said in a post on X.

“If it is not forced to stop, Israel’s genocide of Palestinians will not be confined to Gaza. Mark my words,” she said.


Jenin operation to change Israeli army’s security doctrine in West Bank: Katz

Defence Minister Israel Katz says the ongoing Iron Wall military operation in Jenin will mark a shift in the Israeli army’s security doctrine in the occupied West Bank, according to media reports.

Israel’s Channel 12 broadcaster quoted him as saying his government would not allow the lives of Israeli settlers to be threatened in the Palestinian territory.


Number of Israeli checkpoints in West Bank increases to 898

The Colonization and Wall Resistance Commission, a Palestinian government body, has reported that the number of Israeli military checkpoints and gates in the occupied West Bank has risen to 898.

It said more than 173 iron gates were installed after October 7, 2023, including 17 since the beginning of this year.


Israel’s raids in West Bank dangerous, destabilising for entire region: Jordan’s top diplomat

Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi says Israeli military operations in the occupied West Bank, on his country’s borders, are dangerous. He warned the ongoing raids could destabilise the security of the region.