ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates of Palestine has warned of the Israeli occupation army’s deployment of heavy tanks around Jenin, viewing it as a prelude to expanding its crimes against the Palestinian people—particularly in the northern West Bank and its refugee camps.
This escalation comes as Israeli ‘Defense’ Minister Israel Katz boasts that the Israeli occupation army will prevent displaced Palestinians from returning to their homes and has ordered an extended military presence in the area. Israeli occupation forces have already forcibly displaced 40,000 Palestinians from refugee camps in the northern West Bank.
The Ministry views these developments—including Katz’s statements, the deployment of tanks, and the deliberate intimidation of defenseless civilians—as a grave escalation in the West Bank and a flagrant attempt to entrench genocide and forced displacement against our unarmed people.
The Ministry renews its urgent calls on the international community to intervene immediately to curb Israel’s unchecked aggression, which continues in blatant violation of international law and signed agreements, and compel it to end its assault on the Palestinian people and their fundamental rights, foremost among them is thier inalienable right to remain on their land.
