Israeli tanks enter Jenin in occupied West Bank as military operation displaces more than 40,000 Palestinians
CBSN
Israel's military operation in the occupied West Bank has now forced more than 40,000 Palestinians to flee their homes in the refugee camp towns of Jenin, Tulkarm and Nur Shams, according to Israeli officials and the United Nations. It is the biggest displacement of civilians in the occupied West Bank since the 1967 Arab-Israeli war.
Over the weekend, Israel sent tanks into the northern West Bank town of Jenin for the first time in more than two decades.
The Hamas-allied Islamic Jihad group, which like Hamas is designated as a terrorist organization by Israel and the U.S., said Monday that the deployment of tanks after the forced displacements in the sprawling Palestinian refugee camps could be a step toward Israeli annexation of the entire West Bank.
