Israel is extending its genocidal violence into the occupied West Bank as its deadly assault on Jenin and its refugee camp enters a third week, a Palestinian human rights group has warned.
Dozens of Palestinians have been killed since Israel’s military, police and domestic spy agency, the Shin Bet, jointly launched on 21 January a large-scale, open-ended military operation titled “Iron Wall” in the city of Jenin and its refugee camp, which has since extended to other areas in the northern West Bank, including Tulkarm last week as well as Tamun, south of Tubas, this week.
Israel imposed a total siege on Jenin refugee camp, and deployed hundreds of soldiers – including snipers – there since the military assault began.
The Israeli military carried out several aerial bombardments in densely populated civilian areas and caused widespread destruction of infrastructure and homes across the camp “on a scale not seen there for over 20 years,” Reuters reported. ….more