JENIN (WEST BANK): Just two days after the commencement of ceasefire, hundreds of Israeli soldiers, some in armoured vehicles and bulldozers, backed with Apache helicopters, following drone attacks, raided Jenin on Tuesday (21st Jan, 2025) killing 10 and injuring 120 Palestinians.
Commenting on the development PM Netanyahu confirmed that the Israeli military, police and Shin Bet security service had launched an operation to defeat terrorism in Jenin, which the Israel reckons as a stronghold of Palestinian armed groups.
“We are acting systematically and resolutely against the Iranian axis wherever it extends its arms – in Gaza, Lebanon, Syria, Yemen and Judea and Samaria,” Israeli PM stated. Thousands of residents fled as parts of the refugee camp was turned into rubble.
Moreover, following Trump’s announcement apropos lifting of sanctions (imposed by Biden) on ultra-nationalist violent settlers, dozens of masked Israeli settlers attacked Palestinians, smashed their cars and burnt their homes in the al-Funduq area.
Office of the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas issued an statement saying: “We call on the new American administration to intervene to stop these crimes and Israeli policies that will not bring peace and security to anyone.” It is pertinent to mention here that since it occupied West Bank in the 1967 ME War, Israel built 160 settlements where it housed 700,000.
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