The ceasefire in Gaza has now held for six days. As soon as it began, Israel launched a wave of military raids in the occupied West Bank - centered on the city of Jenin.
The UN says at least 12 Palestinians have been killed since Tuesday. Our correspondent Noor Harazeen reports.
The UN says at least 12 Palestinians have been killed since Tuesday. Our correspondent Noor Harazeen reports.
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00:00The iron wall operation began with the evacuation of entire neighborhoods in the Jenin camp,
00:06home to more than 11,000 refugees crammed into less than half square kilometers.
00:13The densely populated camp is one of 19 Palestinian refugee camps in the West Bank.
00:20Israeli Defense Forces, the IDF, and the security forces, Shin Bet, have displaced hundreds
00:26of residents in what Israel calls an anti-terror operation.
00:32Camp residents have been without water, electricity, communication networks, and the internet.
00:38The Israeli defense minister said that the army is applying lessons learned in Gaza.
00:44As in Gaza, many of those in harm's way are women and children.
00:50All night long there was shelling and bombing.
00:53Our homes are full of scared children.
00:55We were terrified.
00:56They're doing to us exactly the same thing they did in Gaza, with displacement, exiling,
01:01and threats to blow up the camp.
01:04The army sent threatening messages to people to evacuate the camp.
01:08Since yesterday, we have refused to leave our homes.
01:15Israeli forces surrounded the only government hospital in Jenin, reportedly blocking hospital
01:21entrances with sandbags, detaining more than 200 people in the hospital yard, and preventing
01:28ambulances from answering emergency calls.
01:32Murad Khamaisa is an ambulance driver.
01:35He confirmed that the raid at the hospital is still underway.
01:40He says ambulance crews cannot retrieve the camps injured without the risk of being shot
01:45by the Israeli army.
01:47But Israeli forces are now permitting evacuations.
01:51The siege on all areas of the camp and on the hospitals is still ongoing.
01:56Only now have the military allowed people to evacuate the camp, and they created a specific
02:01route for us to evacuate the camp for people and for the ambulances.
02:06Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz pledged that the Israeli army would continue what
02:11he calls counterterrorism raids in the Jenin camp.
02:16Other West Bank cities have also been targets in the Operation Iron Wall.
02:21The governments of Jordan and Iraq have condemned the raids.