[News] 'Israel' announces start of military op in Jenin, Resistance confronts

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'Israel' announces start of military op in Jenin, Resistance confronts
Al Mayadeen English
January 21, 2025
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IOF announces start of military operation in Jenin, the occupied West Bank,
as the Palestinian Resistance moves to confront invading forces.
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   - Israeli military vehicles surround an ambulance in the West Bank,
   *undated*. (Social media)

The Israeli military has announced the start of a new military campaign in
the West Bank city of Jenin, which it dubbed the "Iron Wall".

Israeli media reported that the campaign was executed by order of the
political echelon, following a Cabinet meeting last Friday, which added the
West Bank to the goals of the ongoing war.

Israeli Security Minister Israel Katz said the military operation in Jenin
was "prepared to protect settlers and settlement outposts in the area,"
while an Israeli security source told Israeli media that "the operation in
Jenin will be unprecedented in its size and scope
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/al-quds-brigades-target-iof-in-nablus--jenin-amid-west-bank>
."

Israeli media further noted that the Israeli military, Shin Bet, and
"Border Guards" began an operation meant to "foil terrorism" in Jenin,
which will continue for the coming days, asserting that a large IOF force
has advanced on Jenin from all directions after the Shin Bet disrupted
internet communications throughout the Jenin Refugee Camp.

"Israel's" *Walla news* website's military analyst Amir Bohbot said the
military operation in Jenin began with a UAV attack on infrastructure. He
further said that the operation will continue for as long as needed
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/iof-raid-west-bank--carry-out-detentions-amid-fierce-confron>,
noting that the goal is to "secure the Israeli Army's freedom of operation
throughout the West Bank, and destroy and neutralize terrorist
infrastructure and time bombs."

*Read next: IOF admit soldiers threw Palestinians off roof, say 'no moral
defect'
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/iof-admit-soldiers-threw-palestinians-off-roof--say--no-mora>*
*Resistance confronts advancing IOF forces*

*Al Mayadeen*'s correspondent reported that an Israeli Army chopper opened
machine gun fire toward Jenin Camp, while occupation forces bombed an empty
vehicle in the camp's surroundings just as a special force was infiltrating
the area of Jabiriyyat.

The Resistance in the West Bank swiftly activated sirens in Jenin after an
Israeli special force was discovered as its vehicle exited the Dotan
checkpoint, and the Resistance waged a heavy confrontation against the
force in Jenin's al-Hadaf neighborhood.

Al-Quds Brigades - Jenin announced that its fighters confronted occupation
forces
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/iof-admit-3-soldiers-wounded-in-ied-detonation-in-west-bank>advancing
along several axes, showering them with a barrage of bullets along the
al-Hadaf Axis. Similarly, Jenin's al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades announced that
its fighters are confronting Israeli forces with machine gun fire, securing
direct hits against them.

The Palestinian Health Ministry announced that six martyrs and 35 wounded
were taken to the hospital following the Israeli aggression as of 2:00 PM
local time.

*Read more: Smotrich calling for genocide, displacement in West Bank: Hamas
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/smotrich-calling-for-genocide--displacement-in-west-bank--ha>*
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