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On 21 January 2025, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) launched a major raid into Jenin in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. The Israeli operation, titled "Iron Wall", is targeting the Jenin Brigades, a local Palestinian militia. The IDF stated that the aims of the operation are to preserve its "freedom of action” in the West Bank, to neutralize militant infrastructure, and to eliminate imminent threats. It is expected to last several days.
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the operation was an action against the "Iranian axis", referring to the Iranian support of West Bank militants, and Israeli finance minister Bezalel Smotrich said it marked the start of a campaign to protect Israeli settlements in the occupied region.
The start of the operation abruptly interrupted and ended a previous operation in Jenin by the Palestinian Authority (PA), whose forces withdrew from their positions as the IDF began the raid. The IDF likely felt that the PA's actions against militants were insufficient and chose to launch its own incursion.
Timeline
21 January
The raid began with drone strikes on militant infrastructure, and large numbers of IDF troops, including special forces, as well as Shin Bet agents and Border Police officers were deployed into Jenin. Palestinian sources also reported the participation of Israeli warplanes and armored vehicles, including bulldozers.
Palestinian Authority forces withdrew from their positions in Jenin as the IDF entered the city. According to the PA, the Israeli operation caught them by surprise and members of its forces were killed by Israeli fire.
The IDF encircled Al-Amal, a local private hospital.
Reactions
Hamas issued a statement calling for “people in the West Bank and its revolutionary youth to mobilize and escalate the clash with the occupation army at all points of contact with it.”
Notes
- Like most of the other Palestinian militias in the West Bank, the Jenin Brigades are semi-autonomous and "cross-factional", simultaneously shared among the Al-Quds Brigades of PIJ, the Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, and the Al-Qassam Brigades of Hamas.
- The PA autonomously governs the West Bank's Palestinian enclaves and is also in conflict with local militias.
References
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