Islamic Jihad ramps up the threats toward Israel in West Bank

A correspondent in Gaza

Jun 23, 2022

Fighters wearing the insignia of the Palestinian Al-Aqsa Martyr's Brigades faction, affiliated with the Fateh movement, hold assault rifles as they ride in the back of a pickup truck during the funerary procession for three Palestinians killed during an operation by Israeli forces in Jenin, in the Jenin camp for Palestinian refugees in the occupied West Bank on June 17, 2022. — JAAFAR ASHTIYEH/AFP via Getty Images

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — The Israeli newspaper Israel Hayom reported June 13 that the Palestinian Islamic Jihad movement is gearing up for a military escalation in response to the ongoing Israeli operations in the northern West Bank, especially in Jenin.

The report comes at a time when the Islamic Jihad is seeking to unify the Palestinian factions in the Gaza Strip to respond to the Israeli violations in the West Bank, a possible escalation for the first time since May 2021.