The Israeli army withdrew from Jenin refugee camp after a three-day incursion that left 12 Palestinians dead. But the armed resistance in the camp remains defiant, vowing to repel all invaders.
The Israeli army is now killing resistance fighters in the Jenin Brigade using drones after several failed assassination attempts by Israeli special forces on the ground, an associate of the Jenin Brigade told Mondoweiss.
Israeli forces disguised as hospital workers and civilians entered Jenin’s Ibn Sina Hospital and assassinated three Palestinians as they slept. The brazen killing marks an unprecedented escalation in Israel’s war on Palestinians in the West Bank.
Israel’s recent 38-hour invasion of the Nour Shams refugee camp escalated its assault on armed resistance in the West Bank. Fighters from the Tulkarem Brigade tell Mondoweiss, “resistance will not end as one generation passes it to the next.”
The Israeli army has launched a fierce assault on havens of armed resistance in the West Bank ever since October 7. Its recent campaign against Jenin refugee camp mirrors the Israeli strategy in Gaza — a war against the resistance and the people.
While the world’s eyes have been on Gaza, the Jenin Brigade is facing a new Israeli onslaught that aims to exhaust the resistance group through a war of attrition. Fighters in the Jenin refugee camp say they will not be defeated.
Israel continued to pound Gaza with airstrikes for the 6th day Thursday. Settler violence in the West Bank claimed five lives, while calls for ceasefire are overshadowed by brazen U.S. support for Israel’s assault on Gaza.
Israel has renewed its deadly onslaught on the armed Palestinian resistance in Jenin and Aqbat Jabr refugees camps, while in Gaza, another Palestinian was martyred during protests at Gaza’s border fence.
The Palestinian Authority has not let it up on its campaign of arresting resistance fighters, recently leading to rising tensions and armed confrontations in Jenin. But despite the PA’s efforts, resistance brigades continue to spread.
The protest was the latest in a number of anti-PA demonstrations by Palestinians in Jenin in recent weeks, marking yet another fissure in the deepening rift between Palestinians and the PA.