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3,250 housing units destroyed by Israeli forces in occupied West Bank’s Jenin

Saturday, 29 March 2025 7:00 PM [ Last Update: Saturday, 29 March 2025 7:00 PM ]

Israeli soldiers take part in an offensive near Jenin refugee camp, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, on February 24, 2025. (Photo by Reuters)

The media committee at the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank says at least 3,250 housing units have become uninhabitable as a result of the Israeli military’s ongoing offensive in the area, stating that the number of displaced persons from the region now stands at 21,000.

The Jenin municipality reported that the camp has become entirely unlivable as a result of ongoing hostilities, which involve the destruction and incineration of residences, in addition to the transformation of some into military barracks.

The municipality added that Israeli occupation forces persist in enforcing a stringent blockade on the Jenin governorate, which houses a population of 360,000.

It further highlighted that Israeli troops have demolished approximately 600 homes and have devastated the entire infrastructure within the camp.

The Israeli military has deployed additional units and bulldozers to the Jenin camp, where demolition activities, road expansions, and construction of new pathways are currently ongoing.

Israeli forces escalate aggression in Jenin in West Bank

Israeli forces have escalated their aggression in the occupied West Bank, intensifying their campaign of home demolitions and forcible displacement of Palestinians in the city of Jenin and its refugee camp.

Meanwhile, the army continues to fire live rounds in the vicinity of the camp, amidst the movements of ground troops within the area and extensive drone operations overhead.

The total count of displaced individuals from the camp has now reached 21,000, with these individuals spread across the city of Jenin and its neighboring villages.

At the same time, the Hebrew-language news website, Walla, reported that the Israeli military is intensifying its engineering activities, which include demolition and clearing operations in the northern West Bank camps.

The commander of the central region in the occupying forces was cited by the site as saying that the Tel Aviv regime has made the decision to dismantle the camps, viewing them as a “fortress” for Palestinian resistance, and to transform them into residential areas associated with the cities of Jenin and Tulkarm.

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