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2024–2025 Palestinian Authority Operation In Jenin
On 5 December 2024, the Palestinian Authority (PA) began a large-scale operation in the West Bank city of Jenin against the Jenin Brigades, a Palestinian militias in the West Bank, local Palestinian militia. The PA called it "Operation Protect the Homeland" and said it was launched in order to "eradicate sedition and chaos" in the West Bank, portraying militants as agents of instability that are indirectly aiding the Far-right politics in Israel, Israeli far-right, which has sought to weaken the PA. The operation marked the largest and most violent confrontation that the PA has had with West Bank militants, and analysts have referred to the events as "the most fierce" Palestinian internal political violence, inter-Palestinian fighting since the 2007 Battle of Gaza (2007), Battle of Gaza. It also marked the first time in several years that PA forces conducted a large-scale incursion into the militant-controlled Jenin refugee camp, where most of the fighting has been concentrated. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jenin
Jenin ( ; , ) is a city in the West Bank, Palestine, and is the capital of the Jenin Governorate. It is a hub for the surrounding towns. Jenin came under Israeli occupied territories, Israeli occupation in 1967, and was put under the administration of the Palestinian National Authority as West Bank areas in the Oslo II Accord, Area A of the West Bank, a Palestinian enclave, in 1995. The city had a population of approximately 50,000 people in 2017, whilst the Jenin Camp, Jenin refugee camp had a population of about 10,000, housing families of Palestinians who fled or were expelled from their homes during the 1948 Palestine war, 1948 Palestine War.2007 Locality Population Statistics . Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics The camp has since become a stronghold of Palestinian political violence ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
