Terror cannot be defeated solely by defensive actions, Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) chief Ronen Bar said during a situational assessment in the West Bank city of Jenin on Wednesday with IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Herzi Halevi. “We are in a multi-front campaign—but right now, it’s Samaria’s time," he asserted.
An IDF investigation revealed that the terrorists who carried out the Funduq attack came from the Jenin and Qabatiya areas in northern Samaria, with two of them being known to defense officials. The military post at the entrance to the village, which is not permanently manned, was empty for about half an hour before the murder.
The IDF, Shin Bet, and Border Police have launched an operation to counter threats in Jenin.
The Israeli army conducted large-scale operations in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin for the third consecutive day, killing at least 12 people, said the official Palestinian news agency WAFA on Thursday.
Israel Defense Forces said that Israeli security forces had begun a massive operation to dismantle terrorist infrastructure in Jenin, northern Samaria. The operation, known as the "Iron Wall," consists of IDF soldiers,
Israeli ground forces entered the city with the stated goal of preserving Jerusalem’s ability to swiftly act against terrorist groups in Jenin, known among Palestinians as the “Martyrs’ Capital” due to the significant number of suicide bombers that have emanated from the area.
Israeli forces, on Wednesday near Jenin, night killed two Palestinian gunmen who were involved in a terror attack earlier this month that left three
At least 10 Palestinians have been killed and nearly 40 injured by Israeli forces during a major operation in the Jenin area in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian health ministry says.
Israeli troops launch major operation in West Bank, leaving casualties; Biden rescinds Trump's sanctions on West Bank peace underminers.
The Israeli military killed two Palestinian fighters in the West Bank that it said had been involved in a deadly shooting of Israeli civilians as a major" anti-terror" operation in Jenin entered a third day.
The Israeli military said on Tuesday it had launched an operation in the occupied West Bank's Jenin that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said aimed to "eradicate terrorism" in the area.