Hundreds of Palestinians have been forcibly displaced by the Israeli army amid a massive operation in Jenin and its refugee camp.

Israeli forces wounded five Palestinians on Thursday amid a military operation in the city of Jenin in the northern occupied West Bank.

Israeli forces closed four main entrances to Jenin and its refugee camp on Friday, as the deadly raid into the city reached its fourth day, officials said. According to reports, Jenin’s deputy governor, stated that the Israeli army “blocked all four main entrances to the city and its refugee camp with earth mounds, preventing entry and exit”.

Jenin, located in the northern West Bank, is a ghost town this Wednesday, with only a few teenagers riding motorcycles despite the drones overhead and the distant sounds of gunfire and explosions. Yesterday,

Jenin Deputy Governor Mansour al-Saadi warned on Thursday of an Israeli military plan to carry out a large-scale invasion of the Jenin refugee camp in the northern occupied West Bank, likening the potential operation to the Israeli genocide conducted in northern Gaza.

Giorgia Valente reports that the Jenin refugee camp has become a focal point in the Israeli-Palestinian power struggle, with both the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) and the Palestinian Authority (PA) struggling to maintain control.