Video: Aircraft attack near mosque in Jenin, Gaza threatens: Continuation of operation will lead to escalation (Reuters)
The objectives of the operation launched Monday night by the IDF in Jenin, as approved by the political echelon, are to damage the terrorist infrastructure, break the narrative created around the refugee camp as a "city of refuge" for terrorists, and restore stability to the region. "While the campers were working to establish sabotage laboratories, manufacture weapons and set up war rooms, they took the residents of the refugee camp hostage. Military buildup at the expense of the residents," said a military source.
Sources in the defense establishment agreed that the turning point in the operation was the combination of the special forces, including the Egoz and Duvdevan units, and the field coordinators of the Shin Bet. The investigators accompanied the arrests, sorted detainees and created intelligence on the ground, while other elements worked at the desk and created "intelligence backing."
The defense establishment emphasizes that the broad operation has not ended, and will continue alongside a clear avoidance of harm to the population and local infrastructure, except in cases where life is in danger. The goal of the approach is not to create more harm than good, which would harm Israel and would not support the status of the Palestinian Authority.
According to the picture presented to the prime minister, most of the residents of the refugee camp, which is home to 16,850 people in about <> square meters, have reservations about terrorism and do not support militants and terrorists. The defense establishment also made it clear to Prime Minister Netanyahu that the work had not been completed, and that there were additional infrastructures that the IDF and Shin Bet were interested in reaching.
IDF activity in Jenin, today (Photo: Flash 90, Nasser Shtayyeh)
For the opening blow, one of the camp's largest operations rooms was chosen, located in one of the most densely populated neighborhoods. The target was chosen on the basis of intimate and precise intelligence provided by Shin Bet agents. According to the assessment of security officials, the precise hit on the operations room by complete surprise, the killing of the operatives and damage to some of the command and control means of the camp militants created great confusion among the terrorists, who found it difficult to respond quickly to a raid by the various IDF forces.
The Central Command praised the precise intelligence provided by the Shin Bet, which enabled the quick raid into the camp, during which not a single soldier was injured by IEDs as in last month's activity. They also stressed that ISA intelligence allowed the entry of very many forces without casualties.
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