[News] IOF raid Qabatiya amid a wave of destruction and arrests

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IOF raid Qabatiya amid a wave of destruction and arrests
Al Mayadeen English
January 24, 2025
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Palestinian Resistance forces in the occupied West Bank continue to
confront Israeli forces amid a new day of intense confrontations.
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   - Medics evacuate a wounded man during an Israeli military operation in
   the West Bank city of Jenin, on Tuesday, January 21, 2025. (*AP*)

Armed confrontations broke out between Palestinian Resistance fighters and
Israeli occupation forces, accompanied by the sound of explosions in the
town of Qabatiya, south of Jenin, amid intense drone overflights in the
area, *Al Mayadeen*’s correspondent in the occupied West Bank
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/-israel--announces-start-of-military-op-in-jenin--resistance>
reported.

Our correspondent added that Israeli forces surrounded a house in the town,
fired Energa grenades at it, and raided nearby homes. Invading Israeli
units also turned the area around the Jenin refugee camp into a staging
ground for operations targeting Qabatiya and Ya’bad.

In a related development, our correspondent reported that Israeli forces
arrested a Palestinian youth from Qabatiya, south of Jenin, before
withdrawing from the area.

Earlier, the invading Israeli units deployed additional reinforcements to
Qabatiya while an Apache helicopter hovered overhead. Simultaneously, they
began destroying infrastructure at the entrance of al-Yamun, northwest of
Jenin.

At dawn, IOF launched widespread raids across various parts of the West
Bank, detaining several Palestinians amid confrontations in multiple areas.

The Prisoners' Media Office reported that Israeli forces detained 10
Palestinians in al-Quds and two others in Tulkarm and Jenin.

Last night, the Israeli occupation intensified its siege on Jenin and its
refugee camp after setting several homes on fire and forcing residents to
evacuate by firing at houses.

Meanwhile, Resistance fighters confronted the invading Israeli units in the
streets of the Jenin refugee camp during the night.

This comes as the Israeli occupation has further tightened its grip on the
West Bank by maintaining 898 military checkpoints.

*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>*
Jaradat to Al Mayadeen: 'Israel' aims to neutralize Jenin Battalion

Palestinian writer Mohammed Jaradat told *Al Mayadeen* that the Israeli
military campaign
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/confrontations-mount-in-jenin-as-9-martyred--dozens-wounded>
in Jenin is the most extensive, noting that "Israel is betting on achieving
its goal of neutralizing the Jenin Battalion."

In an exclusive interview for *Al Mayadeen*, Jaradat emphasized that Tel
Aviv seeks to destroy the Jenin refugee camp, adding that the raid
conducted by the Israeli military chief of staff and the head of Shin Bet
into the camp yesterday is part of an Israeli media campaign.

He argued that "everything happening in Jenin indicates that the occupation
is attempting to compensate for its failure in Gaza."

The commander of the al-Quds Brigades in the West Bank previously asserted
that what the Resistance will reveal at the end of the battle "will prove
that the image of victory the enemy failed to achieve in Gaza will not be
attained in the West Bank."

He added, "Since the beginning of the Israeli aggression on Jenin, our
fighters have continued to ambush IOF and military vehicles in ambushes."
Time has come for the West Bank: Shin Bet chief

Israeli drones fitted with loudspeakers ordered people to leave their homes
in Jenin on Thursday, residents said, as the military demolished several
houses during the third day of a major operation in the West Bank city.

Israeli officials said the operations targeted Resistance groups in the
refugee camp adjacent to the city. "We need to be prepared to continue in
the Jenin camp that will bring it to a different place," Lieutenant General
Herzi Halevi
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/-time-has-come-for-the-west-bank---shin-bet-chief-says>,
head of the Israeli occupation forces, said in a statement.

Armored bulldozers have torn up roads and hundreds of residents have fled
their homes in the camp after being ordered to evacuate.

"Yesterday, we did not want to leave; we were at home," said 16-year-old
Hussam Saadi. "Today, they sent down a drone to our neighborhood, telling
us to leave the camp and that they will blow it up."

The raid, the third major operation
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/palestinian-woman-denied-hospital-transfer--martyred-in-west>
by the Israeli military in Jenin in less than two years, has drawn
international concern. France and Jordan have issued warnings against
further escalation in the West Bank, an area that has experienced increased
violence since the outset of the war on Gaza.

*Al Mayadeen*'s correspondent reported that the head of the Israeli Shin
Bet security agency and the chief of staff conducted an evaluation of the
situation in Jenin amid intensified Israeli aggression
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/israeli-forces-kill-palestinian-man-in-front-of-his-wife--ch>.
The head of Shin Bet was quoted as saying, "The time for the West Bank has
come."

The Israeli forces are currently carrying out widespread arrests in Jenin,
Ya’bad, and Qabatiya. The correspondent highlighted concerns among
observers that the military operation could expand from Jenin to other
parts of the West Bank, potentially leading to a larger-scale escalation.

According to the correspondent, the Israeli occupation forces appear
determined to evacuate residents from the Jenin refugee camp to carry out
their military objectives.
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