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Jenin

Jenin is a major Palestinian city in northern West Bank, with population of at least 49,000. Located in Area A of the West Bank, it is under the jurisdiction of the Palestinian Authority. 

It contains the Jenin refugee camp, a densely-populated Palestinian refugee camp with a population of around 11,000-22,000 people, according to differing sources and estimates.

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Israeli security forces, including from the IDF, Border Police, and Shin Bet, operate in the Jenin area in the West Bank, November 20, 2024.

Border Police, Shin Bet eliminate terrorists, destroy four explosives labs in Jenin raids

IDF soldiers operate in the Jenin area in the West Bank November 5, 2024.

Four terrorists eliminated by IDF across multiple West Bank clashes

 IDF troops operate in Jenin, West Bank. September 26, 2024.

IDF troops operate in Jenin, arrest four wanted persons

IDF troops conduct counterterrorism operations in Jenin, September 6, 2024.

IDF destroys explosives lab hidden under mosque in Jenin counterterrorism operation

Fatah's ZAKARIA ZUBEIDI 370

IDF eliminates son of Fatah leader Zakaria Zubeidi during counterterrorism operation in West Bank

 IDF soldiers operating in the West Bank.

Israel must help Palestinian Authority survive in West Bank, former Jenin gov. says

By Giorgia Valente/The Media Line  
 IDF soldiers operating in the West Bank.

IDF: West Bank operations could last weeks senior officials say

 Staff-Sergeant Elkana Navon

IDF St.-Sgt Elkana Navon killed battling Hamas in Jenin, West Bank

 Israeli forces operating in Jenin August 31, 2024.

Some 14 terrorists killed as IDF, Hamas exchange fire in Jenin after Gush Etzion attacks

Footage of two terrorists fleeing the scene after Hamas terrorist Wassem Hazem was killed in his vehicle in Jenin during a joint counterterrorism operation, August 30, 2024

IDF kills Wassem Hazem, head of Hamas in Jenin

  IDF troops operate in the West Bank. August 7, 2024.

Strangling Iran: What holds true in the West Bank, holds in Gaza

 IDF counterterror operation in Jenin August 6, 2024

Hundreds of IDF soldiers conduct largest W. Bank operation in months

A banner for Hadash, a party comprised of communists and other left wing factions in Arabic near a polling station in Haifa, April 9, 2019

Police close offices of the Hadash-Ta'al Party in Haifa for 'Jenin, Jenin 2' screening

 IDF troops operate in the Gaza Strip. July 25, 2024.

Israel-Hamas War day 316: What's happening in Israel and West Bank?

 The damage caused from an Israeli military raid in the Tubas, in the northern West Bank, August 14, 2024

Four IDF soldiers wounded in repeat sabotage of armored vehicles in West Bank

 The West Bank city of Jenin. June 25, 2024.

Gaza war impacts Jenin, Tulkarm economies as traffic into cities dwindles

 YAMAM officers operating at the Ibn Sina hospital in Jenin on January 30, 2024

Undercover in Gaza: Former undercover agent discusses infiltration operations

 Israel Friends Organization provides safety vests

'They work day and night to keep us safe': NGOs provide aid to emergency response teams