Smoke rises from Jenin, in the occupied West Bank, during a large-scale operation by the Israeli army on Jan. 24, 2025. (Credit: Jaafar Ashtiyeh/AFP)
A residential building explodes under the fire of a missile, a shop collapses under the weight of a bulldozer, thousands of residents flee their neighborhood on army orders, a siege blocking any entry and exit from the city.Since Tuesday, scenes from Jenin in the West Bank have awakened fears of a military escalation. And a "Gaza-style" scenario.On the web, the hashtags "westbankunderattack" and "westbankgenocide" are raising alarms, while the video of the last moments of Palestinian Ahmad Obeidi, hit by a sniper at the wheel of his car on the first day of the raid, was widely circulated on social networks. By Thursday, the third day of the "Iron Wall" operation, and while Israeli authorities promised "to eradicate terrorism," the offensive had resulted in 13 deaths and around 40...
A residential building explodes under the fire of a missile, a shop collapses under the weight of a bulldozer, thousands of residents flee their neighborhood on army orders, a siege blocking any entry and exit from the city.Since Tuesday, scenes from Jenin in the West Bank have awakened fears of a military escalation. And a "Gaza-style" scenario.On the web, the hashtags "westbankunderattack" and "westbankgenocide" are raising alarms, while the video of the last moments of Palestinian Ahmad Obeidi, hit by a sniper at the wheel of his car on the first day of the raid, was widely circulated on social networks. By Thursday, the third day of the "Iron Wall" operation, and while Israeli authorities promised "to eradicate terrorism," the offensive had resulted in 13 deaths and around 40...
