Israeli tanks for the first time since 2002 have been crossed into the occupied West Coast
Israeli tanks moved to the occupied West Coast for the first time in 2002 on Sunday, shortly after the Israeli defense minister said that the troops would remain “for the next year” in parts of the Palestinian territory.
Associated Press journalists have seen a handful of tanks in Jenina, long, Bastion of armed fight against Israel.
Israel deepens his suppression of Palestinian territory and said that he was determined to abolish the militancy due to the increase in the attack.
On January 21, Israel launched a wide offensive on the north west coast – two days after the current truce in Gaza caught – and expanded it to nearby areas.
Palestinians view such raids as part of the effort to consolidate Israeli control over the territory, where three million Palestinians live under military authority. Deadly attacks caused destruction in urban areas.
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said that he and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the army to “increase the intensity of activities to prevent terrorism at the Tulkarem refugee camp and in all refugee camps” on the West Coast.
Katz said earlier that he had instructed the army to prepare for a “extended stay” in some of the urban refugees of the West Coast, from which he said that about 40,000 Palestinians had escaped – the figure confirmed by the United Nations – leaving areas “emptied by the inhabitants”. “
The campsites are home to the descendants of Palestinians who escaped or were forced to escape during the wars with Israel a decade ago.
It was not clear how much Palestinians would prevent them from returning. Netanyahu said the Israeli forces would remain “as long as it needed.”
The tanks were last deployed in the territory of 2002, when Israel struggled with a deadly Palestinian uprising.
The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs called the Israeli Movement “The Dangerous Eskallation of the Situation on the West Coast” and called on the international community in a statement that he intervened in what he called the illegal “aggression of the Israeli Israeli”.
Netanyahu under pressure to break up
According to temporary peace agreements from the early 1990s, Israel maintains control of large parts of the West Coast, while the Palestinian administration manages other areas. Israel regularly sends troops to the Palestinian zones, but usually pulls them after the end of the mission.
The UN says that the current Israeli military operation is the longest of the Palestinian uprising of the early 2000s.
Violence grew on the west coast during the war of Israel-Hamas in Gaza. Israel made raids, but with fights in Gaza and Lebanon on hold, Netanyahu was under pressure from the end right rule that managed partners to break the militancy on the West Coast.
More than 800 Palestinians have been killed on the west coast since the war in Gaza broke out on October 7, 2023, the Hamas attack on southern Israel. Israel says most were militants, but the young men who throw stone protest against the incursions, as well as people who are not involved in conflicts. A pregnant Palestinian woman was killed in the latest surgery.
Jewish settlers also performed smoke in Palestinian areas in the territory. There was also a jump in Palestinian attacks that were leaving the west coast. On Thursday, three empty buses in Israel were rocking in what police considered a suspicious militant attack.
Israel delaying Palestinian prisoners’ release
Israel captured the west coast, Gaza and East Jerusalem in the 1967 Midseast war.
They come to the West Bank at a sensitive time, since January 19th, the truce between Israel and Hamas in Gaza is still annoying.
Israel said that early Sunday, he delayed the latest edition of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners and detainees until he received the belief that Hamas would stop what Israel calls the “humiliating” handover.
620 prisoners were to be released shortly after six Israeli hostages in Gaza were released on Saturday – five of them were criticized as cruel.
On Sunday, Hamas condemned the decision of Israel to delay the release, saying that his claim that the troops of the talers were “humiliating” are false, and the excuse to avoid Israel’s obligation to the Agreement on the termination of the fire in Gaza.
Ezzat El Rashq, a member of the Hamas political office, said that ceremonies do not include any insult for hostages, “but reflect humane and dignified treatment with them,” adding that the “real insult” is what Palestinian prisoners are undergoing during the release procedure.
