As Israel’s bombing of the Gaza Strip halted last week, it redirected its violence to the occupied West Bank.
Israel’s military, police and domestic spy agency, the Shin Bet, jointly launched on 21 January a large-scale, open-ended military operation in the northern West Bank city of Jenin, mere days after the Palestinian Authority concluded a deadly operation that lasted more than a month.
In its latest invasion of Jenin, Israel has killed at least 14 Palestinians, including a child, and injured at least 50 as it entered its fifth day on Saturday.
About 2,000 Palestinian families were forcibly displaced from Jenin as a result of Israel’s deadly raid.
The Israeli invasion is a continuation of the PA’s dirty work in the camp, which saw the killing of 15 Palestinians – including three children – between 5 December and 17 January, as the Israeli army now “seeks to reach several targets that PA forces have failed to,” Tel Aviv daily Haaretz reported. ….more
