The Israeli army began on Wednesday a large-scale military operation in the Jenin, Tulkarm, and Tubas camps in the northern West Bank, according to Palestinian and Israeli sources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“The Israeli forces have begun military operations in Jenin, Tubas, and Tulkarm to thwart terrorism,” Avichai Adraee, spokesman of the Israeli army, said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Palestinian sources told Xinhua said that large forces, along with huge bulldozers, are involved in the Jenin operation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The sources added that Israeli military vehicles stormed the city from multiple directions, penetrating its neighborhoods and the refugee camp.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to the Ramallah-based health ministry, two Palestinians were killed and two others wounded by Israeli army gunfire in northern Jenin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wiam Bakr, director of Jenin Governmental Hospital, said that the Israeli forces surrounded the hospital and prevented medical staff from entering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In Tubas and the Far’a refugee camp, Israeli forces clashed with Palestinian gunmen as they stormed the area. Tuba’s governor Ahmed al-Asaad told Xinhua that the scale of the operation suggests that Israel is following through on threats of a military campaign in the northern West Bank.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Meanwhile, the Israeli forces clashed with Palestinian gunmen as they stormed the city of Tubas and the Far’a refugee camp.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ahmed al-Asaad, the governor of Tubas, told Xinhua that the scale of the operation suggests that Israel is following through on threats of a military operation in the northern West Bank.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Similarly, Israeli forces stormed the Nour Shams refugee camp east of Tulkarm, where Palestinian sources told Xinhua that the forces besieged Thabet Thabet Governmental Hospital and seized a Palestinian ambulance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Palestinian armed groups said that their members were fighting Israeli forces with explosive devices and gunfire in Jenin, Tulkarm, and Tubas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Since Oct. 7, the northern West Bank has witnessed a major escalation, with over 650 Palestinians killed by Israeli fire across the West Bank, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n