“We are following what is happening in the West Bank in terms of serious violations of the occupation,” Hamas spokesperson Ghazi Hamad told Newsweek.
Reports emerged late Tuesday of Israel Defense Forces (IDF) troops and armored vehicles, including bulldozers, storming the Jenin refugee camp in the northern West Bank, conducting raids and destroying infrastructure. The IDF has long identified the densely populated site as a hub for Palestinian militant activity, while Palestinian officials have accused Israel of committing war crimes and stoking settler violence.
The news came in the lead-up to the final day of a recently extended truce that quieted what has been the deadliest-ever outburst in the decades-long Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The latest all-out war erupted on October 7 when Hamas and other Palestinian factions based in Gaza conducted an unprecedented surprise attack against Israel, followed by a historic IDF incursion into Gaza.
“And we affirm our position to resist the occupation wherever it is,” he added.
The IDF conducted its largest raid in two decades in Jenin in July amid what was already a historic spike in Israeli-Palestinian violence. Since war erupted last month, the IDF has conducted a number of incursions into the Palestinian city and its camp, including in recent weeks, leaving a number of Palestinians dead, including those Hamas said were among its ranks, in clashes.
