Israeli bulldozers have demolished large areas of the now virtually empty Jenin refugee camp and appear to be carving wide roadways through its once-crowded warren of alleyways, echoing tactics already employed in Gaza as troops prepare for a long-term stay.

Israeli occupation forces targeted the southern part of al-Khalil and conducted raids in the village of Ni’lin in Ramallah. Resistance fighters engaged occupation troops in the al-Faraa refugee camp in southern Tubas, resisting the ongoing incursion.

Israeli bulldozers have leveled vast sections of the Jenin refugee camp, carving wide roadways through its dense, once-crowded alleys, echoing the

Israel stationed tanks outside Jenin refugee camp on Monday (February 24), one day after tanks were sent into the Israeli-occupied West Bank for the first time in more than 20 years.

Associated Press journalists saw a handful of tanks move Sunday into Jenin, long a bastion of armed struggle against Israel.

Israeli army has been conducting military operations in northern West Bank since Jan. 21, killing at least 61 Palestinians, displacing thousands - Anadolu Ajansı

Israel’s military sent tanks into the occupied West Bank for the first time in more than two decades as it expanded operations in the territory on Sunday in a move decried by Palestinian authorities as an escalation of aggression.

Israel says the move is to take on militants implanted in refugee camps but Palestinians accuse troops of permanently displacing the population.

A month-long sweep for Palestinian militants in the northern West Bank could continue for a year, Israel’s defense minister said, adding that residents who fled will be barred from returning and that a contested UN relief agency’s work there will be halted.