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IDF tanks rolled
into the Palestinian Authority city of Jenin in northern Samaria on Sunday,
marking the first time since the Second Intifada that Israeli armored units
have operated in the area.
An IDF spokesperson
later confirmed that tanks were operating in the area as part of the ongoing
Israeli counter-terror operation in Samaria.
Since January 21st,
Israeli forces have killed more than 70 terrorists and detained 300 suspects in
Operation Iron Wall, carried out in the Jenin district of northern Samaria and
Tulkarem and nearby Nur al-Shams in western Samaria.
The operation was
launched after Palestinian Authority security forces failed to take control of
Jenin from rogue terror groups and following the January 6th shooting attack in
Samaria that left three Israelis dead.
Later on Sunday,
Defense Minister Israel Katz (Likud) discussed the expansion of Operation Iron
Wall, saying that some 40,000 Arab residents have been evacuated from the
targeted areas of the refugee camps of Jenin, Tulkarm, and Nur al-Shams, which
are now empty of residents.”
Furthermore, Katz
said the Israeli military will remain in parts of Jenin and Tulkarem for an
extended period of time, without giving a deadline for their withdrawal.
During the recent
operations, Katz added, IDF forces have shut down operations by the
terror-linked United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in
the Near East (UNRWA). “UNRWA operations in the camps have also been halted,”
Katz said.
“We will not return
to the previous reality. We will continue to clear refugee camps and additional
terror hubs to dismantle the battalions and terror infrastructure of radical
Islam, which were built, armed, funded, and trained by Iran’s axis of evil in
an attempt to establish an eastern terror front against the settlements of
Samaria, the security barrier, and major population centers in Israel.”
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