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 ]

11 hours ago · The mayor of Jenin, in the occupied West Bank, told CNN on Monday that the Israeli assault on the Jenin Refugee Camp was akin to the war in Gaza, saying it had destroyed 120 buildings and ...

3 days ago · Jenin was an Ottoman-German base in World War I; a memorial to fallen German aviators remains. It was an important centre for Jordanian and Iraqi forces in the first Arab-Israeli war in 1948; though much of the strategic territory in the vicinity was taken by Israel, Jenin remained in Arab hands.

On 21 January 2025, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) launched a major raid into Jenin in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. [23] [26] The Israeli operation, titled "Iron Wall", is targeting the Jenin Brigades, a local Palestinian militia. [26]The IDF stated that the aims of the operation are to preserve its "freedom of action” in the West Bank, to neutralize militant infrastructure, and to ...

Jenin (Arabic: جنين) is a city in the State of Palestine, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Jenin is a evidence of many periods of conflict and challenges faced by the Palestinians (such as displacement, raids by IDF), especially in the context of the Israel-Palestine conflict.

Aug 29, 2024 · Of the 10 camps across the occupied West Bank, Jenin has the highest rates of unemployment and poverty, according to the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA.

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 across...

The Jenin refugee camp (Arabic: مخيم جنين للاجئين), also known as the Jenin camp (Arabic: مخيم جنين), is a town originally founded in 1953 as a Palestinian refugee camp located within the city of Jenin in the northern West Bank.It was established in 1953 to house Palestinians who fled or were expelled from their homes by Israeli forces during and in the aftermath of the ...

Jul 3, 2023 · The Israeli military said its latest attack on Jenin hit a weapons production and explosives storage facility, while its forces seized an improvised rocket launcher.

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.