The Israeli army announced that overnight Tuesday into Wednesday, it launched an operation in the Jenin and Tulkarm areas in the northern occupied West Bank, while the Palestinian Authority’s Ministry of Health reported seven dead in the first city.
“Security forces are conducting counter-terrorism operations in Jenin and Tulkarm,” the Israeli army said in a statement.
اندلاع اشتباكات مسلحة مع قوات الاحتلال في جنين#الجزيرة #فيديو pic.twitter.com/yBZNlsQ2aF
— الجزيرة فلسطين (@AJA_Palestine) August 27, 2024
IDF spokesman: The security forces have now begun an operation to counter terrorism in Jenin and Tulkarm in the Menashe division.
— Breaking News (@TheNewsTrending) August 27, 2024
The Palestinians report a high presence of forces on land and in the air. This is a major operation!#Israel #WestBank #Hamas #IDF pic.twitter.com/GiwYEoR5ZN
Israeli media outlet YNet News reported that the Israeli army has launched a “large-scale operation” in the occupied West Bank to “arrest wanted individuals and destroy terrorist infrastructure.”
WEST BANK INVASION UPDATE – 2 HOURS AGO:
— Sulaiman Ahmed (@ShaykhSulaiman) August 28, 2024
"Scary and terrifying what is happening now. Suddenly and without warning, without even throwing false Israeli leaflets or army spokesman tweets, the IDF advanced under heavy fire cover from aircraft, marches, tanks, artillery and machine… pic.twitter.com/WTTXnSyYaS
⚡️Occupied West Bank : Occupation bulldozers continue to level the area around Al-Alimi roundabout in the city of Tulkarm in the West Bank pic.twitter.com/KTHabkuUBz
— Middle East Observer (@ME_Observer_) August 28, 2024
Targeting hospitals
Hundreds of Israeli soldiers, with “significant air support,” invaded three refugee camps – Jenin, Nur Shams, and al-Fara – in the occupied West Bank and are targeting hospitals to prevent Palestinian fighters from reaching them, according to the Israeli media.
Israeli media announces this invasion, which will reportedly involve thousands of soldiers and last for days, as the largest military operation in the occupied West Bank since 2002.
— Emelia 🇸🇪🇦🇹 (@Bernadotte22) August 28, 2024
Yedioth Ahronoth reports that the army plans to evacuate civilian neighborhoods in order to… pic.twitter.com/IJnMRo9emP
Exchanges of fire are also taking place in all three camps, YNet News adds.
In anticipation of “annexation”
The Palestinian Islamic Jihad movement, considered an ally of Hamas, denounced a “large-scale attack on cities and refugee camps in the northern occupied West Bank,” estimating that Israel is seeking to “transfer the war” to this area ahead of its “annexation.”
All eyes on Jenin tonight.
— Brighton PSC (@BrightonPSC) August 27, 2024
Big IDF operation in West Bankhttps://t.co/Kzs6UwEIUg
Hundreds killed
Following Israel’s invasion of the Gaza Strip, triggered by an unprecedented raid by Hamas on southern Israeli territory on October 7, 2023, the situation in the occupied West Bank, already tense, has further deteriorated.
As part of the ongoing widespread Israeli invasion this morning into the West Bank in the areas of Jenin, Tulkarem and Tubas. A bulldozer is seen razing the infrastructure in Tulkarem. pic.twitter.com/NbLVXLNC7i
— Eye on Palestine (@EyeonPalestine) August 28, 2024
At least 649 Palestinians have been killed in the West Bank by Israeli military or Jewish settler fire since then, according to figures from the Palestinian Authority’s Ministry of Health.
Israeli media announces this invasion, which will reportedly involve thousands of soldiers and last for days, as the largest military operation in the occupied West Bank since 2002.
— Emelia 🇸🇪🇦🇹 (@Bernadotte22) August 28, 2024
Yedioth Ahronoth reports that the army plans to evacuate civilian neighborhoods in order to… pic.twitter.com/IJnMRo9emP
Many were armed Palestinian fighters, others were young stone-throwers, and others were civilians with no involvement in the episodes.
Palestinian sources are reporting that the IDF has surrounded the entire city of Jenin.
— FJ (@Natsecjeff) August 28, 2024
Right now violent clashes are taking place at several locations in the West Bank. https://t.co/lkYxY5LiDu pic.twitter.com/2R96jKLWjg
On the other side, at least 18 Israelis, including soldiers and members of the border police, have been killed in Palestinian attacks in the West Bank and Jerusalem during the same period, according to official Israeli data.
#BREAKING: Large-scale IDF operations are reportedly underway, targeting Iran-backed Palestinian terrorists in the cities of Jenin and Tulkarm in the West Bank pic.twitter.com/BnVzDgTwVB
— Israel War Room (@IsraelWarRoom) August 27, 2024
(information from amna.gr, AFP, Al-Jazeera, ertnews.gr)
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