Israel escalates raids on Palestinian armed groups in West Bank
The security situation in the West Bank continues to worsen as Israel escalates its raids and assassinations inside cities and armed factions retaliate.
RAMALLAH, West Bank — Israel has escalated in recent days its raids in the West Bank amid growing resistance, specifically in Jenin and Nablus in the north, in tandem with its pressure on the Palestinian Authority (PA) to arrest wanted Palestinians.
In the early hours of Oct. 3, Israeli forces killed two Palestinians who allegedly attempted to run over soldiers during a raid in the Jalazone refugee camp near the city of Ramallah to arrest a wanted Palestinian.
On Sept. 28, four Palestinians were killed and 44 others wounded during an Israeli raid in the Jenin refugee camp. The raid was met with fierce resistance from Palestinians inside the camp, who opened fire at the soldiers and set off several explosive devices, pointing to the armed factions’ growing capabilities.
In a report published Sept. 29, Israel’s Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper quoted the commander of the undercover unit that carried out the Sept. 28 raid as saying that the gunmen in the Jenin camp “prepared a death trap for us.”
