Hundreds of Palestinians left Jénine refugee camp on Thursday in the occupied West Bank, on the third day of a major operation of the Israeli army against armed groups which left at least 12 dead.
Supported by bulldozers, aircraft and armored military vehicles, the soldiers launched this baptized operation on Tuesday Make wall
Two days after the start of a truce in the Gaza Strip between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas.
Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu said this operation was aimed at eradicate terrorism in Jenine
a city played by a refugee camp located in the north of the West Bank, Palestinian territory occupied since 1967 by Israel.
Hundreds of residents of the camp began to leave after the Israeli army, by means of speakers fixed on drones and military vehicles, ordered them to evacuate it
said Jénine Governor Kamal Abou Al-Roub on Thursday.
Salim al-Saadi, member of the camp management committee, who lives nearby, confirmed this order.
They asked the residents of the camp to leave before 5 p.m. local time, and there are dozens of people who started to leave.
The army is in front of my house, they can enter at any time
he added.
Questioned by theAFP, The Israeli army denied having given such an order.
As of Wednesday, residents had started to flee the Jenine region on foot.
Thursday, images of theAFP have shown lines of women, men and children walking on a muddy street, some carrying some cases piled up in bags, assisted by ambulances of the Palestinian Red Red.
A first aidist pushed a man in a wheelchair while Israeli military vehicles were circulating nearby.
A Good
Decision to enter by force, says General Halevi
The chief of staff of the army, General Herzi Halevi, said that the decision to launch this operation had been the Good
.
Once we have admitted that the Jenine camp had become a hub for those who plan attacks or who are looking for a refuge after having committed it, it was the right decision to enter it by force
he said in a statement.
The Israeli army claimed to have killed Thursday before dawn on the outskirts of Jénine two Islamic jihad fighters accused of having killed three Israelis in an attack in January.
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-Women are seated in front of a house where two Palestinians were killed by the Israeli army.
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The Palestinian Authority Ministry of Health had reported on Tuesday evening of 10 dead in the operation in Jenin, regularly the target of Israeli operations against armed groups, including Hamas and Islamic jihad.
The Israeli army said on Wednesday that it struck more than ten terrorists
speaking of Air strikes on terrorist infrastructure
one you Deforming many explosives installed on the roads
.
The same day, the governor of Jenin announced many arrests and said that the army had shaved all the roads leading to the camp
. The army says it has recourse to these devices to protect itself from explosive devices.
Unwavering
of the Trump administration
This operation began in the aftermath of the nomination of US President Donald Trump, whose chief of diplomacy Marco Rubio promised a unwavering
in Israel during a telephone conversation with Mr. Netanyahu.
Mr. Rubio is also committed to working tirelessly to help free all the hostages still detained in Gaza
.
After 15 months of war launched by an unprecedented attack by Hamas against Israel on October 7, 2023, the first phase of a cease-fire agreement entered into force on January 19 in Gaza.
Three Israeli hostages, among the dozens of hostages removed during this attack, were released in exchange for 90 Palestinian prisoners. An upcoming exchange is scheduled for Saturday.
In one of his first decisions, Donald Trump put an end to the sanctions imposed by his predecessor Joe Biden on extremist Israeli settlers from the West Bank because of their attacks against the Palestinians.
In 2020, during his first mandate, Trump had proposed a Century Agreement
For the Israeli-Palestinian conflict which provided for annexation by Israel of Pans of the West Bank but which had never succeeded.
Violence in the West Bank exploded during the war in Gaza. Since October 2023, at least 850 Palestinians have been killed there by the Israeli army or by settlers, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health.
At the same time, at least 29 Israelis, including soldiers, perished in Palestinian attacks or in military operations, according to Israel.
