Jenin (/ ʒ ɪ ˈ n iː n / zhin-EEN; Arabic: جنين, romanized: Jinīn, locally pronounced [ʒɪˈniːn] ⓘ) is a city in the State of Palestine in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. The city serves as the administrative center of the Jenin Governorate of Palestine and is a major center for the surrounding towns. [ 2 ]

Israeli defense minister Israel Katz said it marks a shift in the IDF's security plan in the West Bank and was “the first lesson from the method of repeated raids in Gaza”, [39] later clarifying that Israeli forces planned to maintain a long-term military presence in Jenin beyond the …

Feb 2, 2025 · Israel has destroyed multiple buildings in the occupied West Bank’s Jenin refugee camp, hours after its forces killed a 73-year-old man, the Palestinian Ministry of Health said.

RAMALLAH/JERUSALEM, Feb 2 (Reuters) - The Israeli military blew up buildings in the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank on Sunday in an operation that the Palestinian state news agency ...

Feb 1, 2025 · Jenin, town in the West Bank. Originally administered as part of the British mandate of Palestine (1920–48), Jenin was in the area annexed by Jordan in 1950 following the first of the Arab-Israeli wars (1948–49).

Jul 5, 2023 · Israeli forces have concluded their largest-scale military operation in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin in decades, killing at least 12 Palestinians and leaving widespread destruction...

Jan 22, 2025 · Israel mounted a 10-day raid into the West Bank in August and September that demolished homes, shops and roads, and killed 39 people — most of them in Jenin — according to Palestinian...

Jul 4, 2023 · Israel unleashed a major raid on July 3 on Jenin refugee camp, a Palestinian militant stronghold in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, killing 12 Palestinians in clashes with gunmen.

Aug 29, 2024 · Amid the largest Israeli assault on the occupied West Bank since the second Intifada, the city of Jenin and its nearby refugee camps once again find themselves in the focus of Israeli military...

Sep 6, 2024 · Israeli army armoured vehicles move along an excavated section of a road in the centre of Jenin in the occupied West Bank on Thursday amid ongoing military operations in the Palestinian...