Foreign Minister Israel Katz urged Israel to consider temporarily relocating Palestinians as part of a significant anti-terror operation in the northern West Bank on Wednesday, 28 August. “We need to deal with the [terror] threat exactly as we deal with terror infrastructure in Gaza, including the temporary evacuation of Palestinian civilians and any other step needed,” he said on X . “This is a war in every sense.” In his post, Katz stated that Israeli forces in Jenin, Tulkarem, and other areas are targeting an Iranian-backed terror network being established in the West Bank. He added that Iran is aiming to create a terror front against Israel in the West Bank, similar to its strategies in Lebanon and Gaza, by funding and arming terrorists and smuggling advanced weapons from Jordan. On Wednesday, the Israeli army launched a major new assault on four cities in the West Bank—Jenin, Nablus, Tubas, and Tulkarem. The operation, which involved airstrikes, ground forces, and bulldozers, resulted in the deaths of at least 10 Palestinians, according to the Palestinian Red Crescent. The latest operation follows an airstrike conducted by Israel two days earlier on the West…
Israel Foreign Minister Calls for the Evacuation of Palestinians in West Bank
August 29, 2024
