17 December 2023, The Guardian, by Bethan McKernan and Sufian Taha in Jenin: The spiralling bloodshed is fuelling both armed Palestinian resistance and popular support for groups such as Hamas, several residents of the Jenin camp said during the Observer’s visit.
Read MoreDenying Israel’s right to stop terrorists undermines peace
You would think it’s a basic right of any country to defend its population against terrorism. However, as is seemingly the case with everything Israel does, its recent two-day military operation against terrorists and their infrastructure in the West Bank city of Jenin aroused much comment and controversy. It is therefore important to understand the […]
Read MoreIsraeli Army Sniper Killed Unarmed Boy
Video has emerged of the moment an unarmed 16-year-old Palestinian boy was shot dead by a sniper during the Jenin military operation there last week, demolishing Israel’s claims that only combatants were killed. The video, which The Times has verified with witnesses, as well as with the parents of the dead teenager, appears to capture […]
Read MoreThe UN refuses to retract its condemnation of Israel over the Jenin military operation
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Israel’s United Nations ambassador called on Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to retract his condemnation of the country for its excessive use of force in its largest military operation in two decades targeting a refugee camp in the West Bank. U.N. deputy spokesperson Farhan Haq said the secretary-general conveyed his views on Thursday […]
Read More‘Blood Spilled in Jenin to Determine Response,’ Palestinian Factions Warn as Israeli Op Continues
Palestinian militant factions Hamas and Islamic Jihad threatened on Monday to retaliate for the Israeli operation launched in the West Bank refugee camp of Jenin overnight Monday which has killed seven Palestinians. Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh said that “the blood that will be spilled will determine the next phase,” while Islamic Jihad declared that […]
Read MoreIsrael attacks Jenin in biggest West Bank incursion in 20 years
Israel has launched a major aerial and ground offensive into the occupied West Bank city of Jenin, its biggest military operation in the Palestinian territory in years, in what it described as an “extensive counter-terrorism effort”. At least eight Palestinians were killed and 50 injured, 10 seriously, in the attack that began at about 1am […]
Read MorePalestinians killed as Israel launches attack on West Bank city
Jerusalem: Israeli drones struck targets in a militant stronghold in the occupied West Bank early on Monday and hundreds of troops were deployed in the area, an incursion that resembled the wide-scale military operations carried out during the second Palestinian uprising two decades ago. Palestinian health officials said at least eight Palestinians were killed and […]
Read MoreMajor Israel army raid kills 9 Palestinians in West Bank
Israeli forces killed nine Palestinians in a large-scale operation Monday in the occupied West Bank that the army labelled an “extensive counterterrorism effort,” involving air strikes and hundreds of troops. The raid, launched under Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s hard-right government, targeted the northern city of Jenin and was the biggest in the West Bank for […]
Read MoreBoundaries between West Bank factions blur as resistance to Israeli occupation grows
The streets of the occupied West Bank city of Jenin were awash with black-clad men wearing balaclavas and toting M-16 rifles, a model apparently favoured because the ammunition is cheap. The crack of near-constant gunfire was deafening, almost drowning out chants of: “We will teach Tel Aviv a lesson.”
Read MoreIsraeli aircraft strike multiple targets in Gaza Strip as at least four Palestinians killed in separate incidents
Israeli forces have killed at least four Palestinians in separate incidents on Thursday, including one who had stabbed a police officer in east Jerusalem and three others in raids undertaken in the West Bank.
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