The latest Israeli attacks in the West Bank have left 13 Palestinians dead. The news was announced by an Israeli army officer to the local media. According to reports, it is believed that the operation on Thursday morning was carried out to neutralize the Jenin Battalion, made up of agents affiliated with terrorist groups such as Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad.
International media outlets are emphasizing that the Gaza Strip and the West Bank are unlikely to find peace. This is due to the fact that Israel has already launched the military operation Iron Wall in Jenin in the West Bank. Their goal is to track down and eliminate terrorist cells in the Palestinian territory, which have expanded their activities since the beginning of the war and are constantly trying to carry out attacks on Israel.
According to the Israeli military, more than ten terrorists were killed in the first 24 hours of the operation. Several airstrikes were carried out and several bombs were neutralized, it said. The operation is ongoing. The Palestinian Authority also reported ten dead and 40 wounded. There were also raids and drone strikes on Wednesday, A2 CNN reports.
According to Israeli media, a large number of troops are operating in the region, including army special operations forces, agents of the Shin Bet internal intelligence service and border police. As reported by Palestinian media, Palestinian Authority security forces withdrew from Jenin ahead of the Israeli operation.
Operation Iron Wall aims to ensure freedom of movement for the military in the West Bank, destroy terrorist infrastructure and eliminate immediate threats. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the operation was another step towards the goal of strengthening security in Judea and Samaria (the biblical name for the region), writes A2 CNN.
In recent weeks, the Palestinian Authority has also taken increased action against the so-called "Jenin Battalion," which works with the Iranian-backed terrorist groups Hamas and Islamic Jihad.
According to a report in the Arab newspaper "Asharq al-Awsat", Egyptian and Israeli intelligence chiefs have now agreed that the Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt on the Palestinian side should in future be controlled by the Palestinian Authority - "under international supervision. and observation by the Palestinian Authority UN, A2 CNN reports
However, the autonomous authority of aging President Mahmoud Abbas is considered weak and does not seem to be able to secure the region against rival groups such as Hamas and Islamic Jihad, both of which are backed by Iran. But even if Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu has so far resisted the authority taking over Gaza, it is in Jerusalem's interest to strengthen it at least in the West Bank in order to preserve the existing, albeit always precarious, security cooperation between Israel and the autonomous authority.
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