Israel ramps up west bank offensive says troops to remain in some areas for a year
Israel’s Defence Minister said on Sunday troops would remain ‘for the coming year’ in parts of the occupied West Bank where they have launched a weeks-long offensive and would prevent tens of thousands of displaced Palestinians from returning, as Israel deepens its crackdown on the Palestinian territory.Israel launched a broad offensive on the northern West Bank on January 21 — two days after the ceasefire that paused the war in Gaza took hold — and then expanded it to include other nearby areas. Israel says it is determined to stamp out militancy amid a rise in attacks. Palestinians view such raids as part of an effort to cement Israeli control over the territory, where 3 million Palestinians live under military rule. The raids have been deadly, caused destruction to urban areas and displaced tens of thousands.
Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz said he had instructed the military to prepare to remain in some of the West Bank’s urban refugee camps, from where he said some 40,000 Palestinians had fled — a figure confirmed by the United Nations — leaving the areas ‘emptied of residents’.
He said in a statement he had ordered the military to ‘prepare for an extended stay in the camps that were cleared for the coming year and to not allow return of residents’.
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