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SvennoJ on 25 February 2025
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Main events from February 24th

  • Israeli forces have stormed the Imam Ali Mosque on al-Mamoun Street in the city of Nablus, blowing off its doors and confiscating surveillance camera footage, according to the Quds News Network.
  • Saudi Prince Khalid bin Salman says he and US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth met in Washington, DC, on Monday, and “explored ways to bolster our defence cooperation”.
  • US Senator Chris Van Hollen has condemned Trump’s decision to rescind a Biden-era order that required the US government to report potential violations of international law involving US-supplied weapons by allies, including Israel.
  • The Palestinian Water Authority and UNICEF have begun operating 13 mobile desalination stations in Gaza, where displaced families are enduring a dire water crisis after Israeli forces destroyed 85 percent of the enclave’s water and sanitation facilities.
  • Israel told mediators it would release 620 Palestinian prisoners, who were supposed to be released last Saturday, if Hamas hands over the bodies of four Israeli captives later this week “without a humiliating ceremony”, Ynet News reports.

As Israeli tanks roll into Jenin, Palestinians prepare for lengthy invasion

A crowd of people gathered to watch two huge armoured bulldozers rumble into the Jenin refugee camp, tearing apart the asphalt to clear a path for three Israeli tanks.

“This is the first time I’ve seen a tank with my own eyes,” a young man said, his voice a mixture of awe and disbelief, as the sun set over one of the entrances to the camp on Sunday.

Before him, two huge bulldozers rumbled forward, destroying more of the road underneath them. The refugee camp, nearly emptied after weeks of relentless attacks, was bracing for yet another military incursion.

Ahmed, born in Jenin in 2003 at the height of the second Intifada, had witnessed military incursions before. But Israeli tanks had not been seen on the streets of Jenin since 2002, when that uprising began – and it looks like the Israelis are planning to linger.

Ahmed stood among a group of young men and boys on Haifa Street, near one of the camp’s entrances.

“It won’t be easy for them to stay,” he muttered, as the heavy machinery continued its work.