Hundreds of people began leaving their homes in a flashpoint area of the occupied West Bank on Thursday as Israeli forces pressed a deadly operation.
People carrying their belongings use a street previously destroyed by Israeli forces as they flee the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank with assistance from the Palestinian Red Crescent on January 23, 2025, days into a large-scale Israeli army raid in the area. - MOHAMMAD MANSOUR / AFP: A Palestinian official said hundreds of people began leaving their homes in a flashpoint area of the occupied West Bank on Thursday as Israeli forces pressed a deadly operation.
He linked the operation to a broader strategy of countering Iran “wherever it sends its arms -- in Gaza, Lebanon, Syria, Yemen” and the West Bank. Israeli forces have also detained several Palestinians from the Jenin area, with an AFP photographer seeing a row of blindfolded men in white jumpsuits being transported out of the West Bank.Palestinians had already begun fleeing the Jenin area on foot on Wednesday, with AFPTV images showing a group of men, women and children making their way down a muddy road, the sound of drones buzzing above them clearly audible.
“After an exchange of fire, they were eliminated by the forces,“ it said, adding one soldier was wounded in the gunfight. During the same period, at least 29 Israelis, including soldiers, have been killed in Palestinian attacks or Israeli military operations in the territory, according to Israeli official figures.
Militants also took 251 people hostage, 91 of whom remain in Gaza, including 34 the military has said are dead.
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