Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the assault on Jenin would be “extensive and significant,” as the military erected new checkpoints across the West Bank.

The action came a day after President Donald Trump said he will lift sanctions on ultranationalist Israeli settlers who attacked Palestinian villages.

The announcement came shortly after President Trump rescinded Biden-era sanctions on Israeli settlers and Jewish extremists raided Palestinian villages in protest against the cease-fire in Gaza.

JERUSALEM: Israeli security forces backed by helicopters raided the volatile West Bank city of Jenin on Tuesday (Jan 21), killing at least four Palestinians in what Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called a "large-scale and significant military operation".

The Palestinian Health Ministry says an Israeli operation in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin has killed at least six people and wounded 35 others

Two nights of armed attacks on Palestinian villages in the West Bank has left homes destroyed and dozens injured.

Lieutenant General Herzi Halevi is the most senior Israeli figure to resign over the security breakdown on Oct. 7, 2023.

The Israeli military launched a large raid in the city of Jenin in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, killing nine people and injuring 40 others, according to Palestinian health officials.

The Israeli military killed at least seven Palestinians in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday as the prime minister announced the start of a “large-scale military operation” in the restive city of Jenin.