Israeli occupation forces escalated their military offensive in Jenin on Tuesday, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank, detonating a home and ordering residents to evacuate homes near the Jenin refugee camp and expanding daily invasions across surrounding towns and villages.
Local sources reported that that Israeli troops delivered evacuation notices to families living on Al-Madina Al-Munawwara Street and in Harat Al-Ghanem, adjacent to Jenin refugee camp.
At least 15 homes were affected, with the area declared a closed military zone under the pretext of security operations.
The evacuation orders came amid a months-long military offensive that began on January 21, resulting in the killing of 55 Palestinians and injuries to more than 200 others. Israeli forces have also arrested dozens of residents during repeated incursions.
In addition, the Israeli army detonated a Palestinian home in the Al-Hadaf and abducted two young men in the Al-Jabriyyat neighborhood, in Jenin city.
Earlier Tuesday, Israeli forces assassinated three Palestinians during a combined ground and air assault in the area between the village of Kafr Qud and Wadi Hassan, west of Jenin.
According to municipal data, over 600 homes have been completely demolished since the start of the campaign—amounting to 33% of the camp’s housing stock. The destruction has displaced approximately 22,000 residents, many of whom have sought shelter in nearby villages and neighborhoods within Jenin.
Israeli forces continue to carry out near-daily invasions across Jenin governorate, including home invasions, mass detentions, and field interrogations. Residents report widespread property damage, movement restrictions, and psychological trauma, particularly among children and the elderly.
Human rights organizations have condemned the scale and frequency of the operations, warning that the systematic targeting of civilian infrastructure and forced displacement may constitute violations of international law.
On Sunday evening, the Palestinian Health Ministry announced that Israeli forces killed the young man, Muhammad Bassam Tayaha Sha’our, 20, at the Meitar military roadblock near Ath-Thaheriyya town, south of Hebron in the southern part of the occupied West Bank.
Since the beginning of the year, Israeli forces and colonizers have killed 226 Palestinian citizens in the occupied West Bank, including 40 children and 6 women.
Occupation forces have killed 78 Palestinians in Jenin, 40 in Nablus, 29 in Tubas, 19 in Hebron, 17 in Tulkarem, 17 in Ramallah, 9 in Bethlehem, 7 in Jerusalem, 6 in Qalqilia, 3 in Salfit, and 1 in Jericho, according to the Shireen Observatory.
