Israel Begins Major Military Operation in West Bank, Killing At Least 9: Live Updates

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******* Begins Major Military Operation in West Bank, ******** At Least 9: Live Updates

Jenin, a focal point of *******’s wide-ranging raid into the West Bank on Wednesday, is a potent symbol of rebellion and militancy for Palestinians after decades of defiance against occupying powers.

That history dates back to British rule of Palestine during what was known as the ***** Revolt of the 1930s, and through the 1948 *****-******** war surrounding the creation of the modern ******* and triggered the flight or expulsion of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians.

But Jenin’s resonance today, both for Palestinians and Israelis, largely stems from the second intifada, or uprising, against the ******** occupation in the early 2000s.

Israelis remember Jenin, which sits in the rolling hillsides of the northern West Bank, as a source of dozens of ******** ******** sent into ******* at that time.

Palestinians remember a 10-day battle, known as the Battle of Jenin, in 2002 between ************ militants and ******** forces. ******* ******* 52 people, of which up to half may have been civilians, according to the

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in a report on the event. The fighting ******* 23 ******** soldiers.

Yasir Arafat, the late ************ leader, dubbed the camp “Jeningrad,” a reference to the Battle of Stalingrad in World War II.

************ officials called the ******** ******** a massacre — a claim that was rejected by the ******* Nations in its report, though it criticized both sides as putting ************ civilians at risk. Nonetheless, the ******* is widely remembered as such to Palestinians.

During the ******* of British administration, Jenin was a stronghold of rebellion against colonial rule and the wave of ******* immigration to Palestine. British forces blew up a quarter of the town in 1938 after one of their officers there was *******.

In the wake of the 1948 war, Jenin became known as a town that never surrendered, after ************ fighters, backed by Iraqi soldiers, repelled an ******** attempt to take Jenin.

It also was home to one of the original ******** camps set up for Palestinians displaced by that war. Although all of these sites are still called “camps” to recognize the displacement of the residents’ ancestors, the areas are actually ramshackle neighborhoods of apartment blocks and roads, usually of poor quality.

In more recent years, the Jenin ******** camp has frequently been a target for raids by ******** forces. In addition to widespread ********* in Jenin, the camp is considered by the ******* Nations to have the highest rates of unemployment and ******** in the West Bank.

Both ******, which controls Gaza, and the militant group Islamic ****** have recruited in Jenin. But in recent years, the ranks of the militants have been joined by newer, loosely affiliated militias that emerged among a younger generation that is frustrated with a ************ leadership they see as corrupt and enabling of the ******** occupation.

******** officials say that more than 50 ********* attacks on Israelis have emanated from the Jenin area this year. ********* has surged in the West Bank amid *******’s war in Gaza. ******** forces say they are fighting off efforts to move arms into the West Bank, but ******* settlers have also escalated attacks and expanded settlements.

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