Israeli tanks, Jenin, enter the occupied West Bank, where the military operation increases more than 40,000 Palestinians

Israel’s military operation in The West Bank occupied More than 40,000 Palestinians have been forced to flee their homes in the cities of the refugee camp in Jenin, Toulirm and Nour Shams, according to Israeli officials and the United Nations. It is the biggest displacement of civilians in the occupied West Bank since the 1967 Arab Israeli War.

During the weekend, Israel sent tanks to the northwestern city of Jenin for the first time in more than two decades.

The Islamic Jihad Group aligned Hamas, which was appointed, such as Hamas as a terrorist organization by Israel and the United States, said on Monday that the deployment of tanks after the forced displacement in the sprawling Palestinian refugee camps.

A journalist of Agence France Presse in Jinin reported empty streets on Monday, with the exception of a few Israeli Merkava tanks and residents of the refugee camp, sometimes entering a rear alley to restore property from their homes.

“We go back to things, whatever possible.” Said Ahmed Al -Qahrawi, a 52 -year -old resident of Jenin. We go back to clothes because the atmosphere is cold. “

Israel It launched a major military operation In the north of the West Bank a few days after fragile The ceasefire and the hostage exchange agreement Take to the end 15 months of The war in the Gaza Strip by HamasThe Palestinian lands are much smaller in the southwestern corner of Israel. The Israeli Defense Forces said that the forces searching for terrorist suspects had cleared the three refugee camps, and confirmed that the tanks had been deployed in Jenin.

Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said on Sunday that the forces will remain for several months in the refugee camps that were evacuated “from preventing the return of the population and the renewal of terrorism.”

The number of people displaced from the camps was placed in 40,000, the same number that the United Nations presented, which said the attack was killed at least 51 Palestinians, including seven children and three Israeli soldiers.

Israel said that the operation – called the wall – is designed to reduce militancy, but the Palestinians are afraid that its true intention is a permanent displacement of the region’s population and its potential annexation.

Islamic Jihad said that the collective evacuation and the first publication of the Israeli reservoirs in the region since the early first decade of the twentieth century, “confirms the occupation plans to include the West Bank by force.”

The group, which fought alongside Hamas in Gaza and has a strong presence in the northern West Bank, condemned a “act of a new aggression”, which he said “aims to uproot our people from their land.”

The bulldozers have already destroyed large areas of the Jenin refugee camp and the local municipality saying that the military engineers were seen preparing for what appears to be a long -term residence.

The International Committee of the Red Cross said that many of the residents who fled had assumed “crowded mosques and schools.”

The Red Cross added in a statement that the damage hindered the damage that resulted in the disability of the displaced population “reaching the basic needs such as clean water, food, medical care and shelter,” and the Red Cross added in a statement.

The United Nations Humanitarian Agency Osha said that the military attack “appears to go beyond law enforcement standards,” and had severe consequences.

“The continuous use of deadly war tactics in residential areas is very worrying,” said Usha.

The Israeli militants have long pushed the explicit annexation of the West Bank, which was occupied by the Israeli forces since 1967, but such proposals were met with strong opposition from the Palestinians and many of the international community.

violence It rose in the West Bank Since Hamas has sparked war in Gaza with its terrorist attack on October 7, 2023 on Israel. About 1,200 people were killed in this attack and kidnapped 251 others. Israel’s reprisal war in Gaza led to the displacement of the vast majority of the population of that region, and left most of its homes and other infrastructure in the rubble, and killed more than 48,000 Palestinians, according to the Hamas Ministry of Health.

Since violence has risen in the West Bank, there are calls from right -wing Israeli -Israeli politicians to include the region.

On Monday, UN Secretary -General Antonio Guterres rejected “calls to annexation” and said he was “very concerned about the increasing violence” in the West Bank.

“We are watching developments closely, and we cannot hide our anxiety when it comes to the West Bank,” said Kaja Calas, head of foreign policy in the European Union.

President Trump said that he will announce his position on the occupied lands within weeks. His envoy in the Middle East is scheduled to return to the region this week, in the hope that he can help push the negotiations forward that aims to ensure a second stage of the ceasefire deal in Gaza, where the first six stage is scheduled to end at the end. this week .