6 days ago · Here’s what you need to know: What is happening? Why is Israel targeting the West Bank? Who is arming the militants? What is Palestinian leadership doing? Jenin has long been a symbol of resistance.

Jenin (/ ʒɪˈniːn / 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]

4 days ago · The sound of gunfire and explosions filled the air as residents of the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank hauled their belongings down the muddy pathway. Smoke billowed from multiple ...

6 days ago · Jenin has long embodied militant Palestinian resistance in the West Bank — to both the Israeli occupation and the Palestinian Authority — providing fertile ground for armed groups.

5 days ago · Israeli soldiers kill two more Palestinians in the occupied West Bank amid Gaza ceasefire.

5 days ago · The military demolished a number of houses on the third day of a major operation in the West Bank city.

Jan 21, 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).

5 days ago · Israel’s military on Thursday pressed ahead with its offensive in and around Jenin, a city known as a center of militant opposition to the Israeli occupation of the West Bank, killing two men in ...

Sep 4, 2024 · For more than a week, hundreds of Israeli forces have carried out the deadliest operation in the occupied West Bank since the war in Gaza began. Their focus has been the Jenin refugee camp — a bastion of Palestinian militancy that has grown more fervent since the Hamas attack on Israel that launched the war.

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.