Israeli army reportedly planning to create corridors in northern West Bank
The situation is terrifying for the residents of Jenin as many do not remember the last time tanks entered the territory. The move is also ominously foreshadowing what is to come in the weeks and months ahead for the residents nearby.
Israel is not only assaulting Tulkarem and Jenin, where large refugee camps are located, it is also raiding cities all across the occupied West Bank.
It is destroying infrastructure in the towns near Jenin, where 40,000 Palestinians uprooted in the northern occupied West Bank are taking shelters. The situation in terms of damage is very extensive, but it is also serious in terms of the message of what is coming next.
The Israeli media is quoting sources close to the prime minister saying that the army is intending to create large corridors in Tulkarem and Jenin – reminiscent of the so-called Netzarim Corridor in Gaza – in order to allow free movement for its forces and heavy equipment.
Palestinian children and journalists disperse as Israeli tanks enter the Jenin camp for Palestinian refugees on Sunday
Al-Quds Brigades reports fighting with Israeli forces in Jenin
The armed wing of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad says in a statement on Telegram that an explosive device placed in advance targeted Israeli soldiers in the Silat al-Harithiya neighbourhood. It added that fighters engaged in gun battles with Israeli forces in the same area of Jenin, claiming that several Israeli soldiers were wounded.
The fighting comes as the Israeli army continues its massive military operation in the northern West Bank, using tanks and other heavy military vehicles.
Israeli forces storm occupied West Bank towns in expanded offensive
- The Israeli army has expanded its offensive on the Jenin governorate in the northern West Bank.
- Israeli forces have deployed tanks and stormed Jenin from the west, besieging the refugee camp and the areas adjacent to it.
- Meanwhile, a curfew on the town of Qabatiya, south of the city of Jenin, continues for a second straight day.
- Witnesses tell Al Jazeera Israeli soldiers have blocked the entrances to the town with mounds of earth.
- They have also arrested a number of residents and seized homes, turning them into military sites, including for sniper teams.
- Separately, the Israeli army has stormed the towns of al-Yamoun and Burqin, adjacent to Qabatiya.
- In Burqin, Israeli forces have bulldozed and destroyed streets as well as facilities and other infrastructure.
