Fears of Netanyahu replicating attack on Gaza in second Palestinian territory add to tensions in region
An Israel i army checkpoint in the West Bank: Ambulances are checked before reaching the hospital in Jenin. Photograph: Ronaldo Schemidt/AFPEuropean Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has warned that Israel ’s operation in the occupied West Bank “must not constitute the premises of a war extension from Gaza”.
On Friday, the military announced that Wassam Hazem, the Hamas chief in Jenin, had been killed along with two other militants suspected of involvement in attacks against Israelis. At least 19 gunmen have been killed to date. The ideal scenario for both far-right parties would be what is euphemistically referred to as the transfer of West Bank Palestinians. Could the Gaza war and the West Bank operation provide the ideal cover for a third Nakba, or catastrophe, as the Palestinians refer to the wartime expulsions of 1948 and 1967?
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