From a Palestinian home illegally turned into a military base in Tulkarm, occupied West Bank, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared last week he had ordered his army to intensify military raids in the occupied West Bank, ongoing since January 21.
Netanyahu’s escalation followed bombing incidents in Tel Aviv on February 20. While no Palestinian political faction has claimed responsibility for the bombing, Israeli police have reportedly arrested an Israeli Jewish suspect engaged in the bombing and subsequently enforced a gag order on the incident.
The PM’s call for escalation comes amid an ongoing month-long military operation in the West Bank dubbed “Iron Wall,” launched just 48 hours after the ceasefire between Hamas and Israel went into effect on January 19th.
Operation Iron Wall involves more than 12 military battalions, the Israeli Shin Bet (intelligence), and border police in one of the largest and most expansive military operations to take place in the West Bank since Operation Defensive Shield in 2002. …..more
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