Possible major offensive: Israel attacks targets in the West Bank

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The attack was aimed at “terrorist infrastructure”, the army announced on Twitter on Monday evening. According to Israeli media reports, a large-scale offensive called “Home and Garden” was launched with airstrikes, killing at least one Palestinian. A refugee camp described by the military as a “terror stronghold” was also targeted.

The airstrikes hit, among other things, a command and communications center used as a weapons depot, a terrorist rendezvous point and an observation post, the military and Israel’s internal intelligence agency Shin Bet said in a statement quoted by the Jerusalem Post. According to the report, there were power outages all over Jenin. According to Palestinian sources, the Israeli army entered the city shortly after the airstrikes with many soldiers fighting with militant Palestinians.

The security situation in Israel and the Palestinian territories has been tense for a long time and has recently deteriorated again. After two Palestinians killed four Israelis in the West Bank nearly two weeks ago, angry Israeli settlers there repeatedly used violence against Palestinians. In the first targeted airstrike in years in the occupied territory, three Palestinians were killed with a military drone after reportedly firing from their vehicle at an Israeli border crossing.

More than two dozen people have been killed in attacks since the beginning of the year. During the same period, about six times as many Palestinians were shot in confrontations, Israeli military operations or after their own attacks.

Israel captured the West Bank and East Jerusalem during the 1967 Six-Day War. The Palestinians claim the areas for their own state.

(SDA)

Source: Blick