People are living in a state of terror and anxiety,
No one knows what is happening,
A young man, Mohammad Abed, was killed by Israeli army gunfire in the village of Kafr Dan, west of Jenin,
Netanyahu is not a madman,
This was a signal that Palestinian groups in the West Bank in clandestine cells are moving toward more offensive action,
There is a continuation to a genocidal logic unfolding in Gaza since October when there is no accountability and impunity is not just a likelihood or a possibility but virtually guaranteed because of the United States’s very specific role in this and to a lesser but still significant extent the EU’s role in all of this,
There are elements of logistical support [for these groups] coming from outside of Palestine,
[Kat ... Katz] is … not to be taken seriously at all,
At these moments, we are completing the mission, and I can say that our extensive operation in Jenin is not a one-off,
The IDF is working intensively from tonight in the Jenin and Tulkarm refugee camps to thwart Islamic-Iranian terrorist infrastructures that have been established there,
I think the context of it is worth noting, which is the fact that Israel has been intending to annex and ethnically cleanse huge parts of the West Bank for a very, very long time,
We must deal with the threat just as we deal with the terrorist infrastructure in Gaza, including the temporary evacuation of Palestinian residents and whatever steps are required,
This operation joins a series of actions taken by the IDF that bring us closer to achieving the goals of this war,
The IDF and ISA have rescued Qaid Farhan Alkadi from Gaza where he was held hostage, and brought him to his family in Israel. This operation was part of the IDF’s daring and courageous activities conducted deep inside the Gaza strip,
In the past year, over 150 shooting and explosive attacks have originated from these areas alone,
We’ve seen Iranian attempts to actively smuggle weapons and explosives into Judea and Samaria [the official Israeli name for the West Bank] to be used against Israeli civilians for terror purposes – a systematic strategy of Iran to fund, arm and support terrorist groups across the Middle East,
The world must take immediate and urgent action to curb this extremist government that poses a threat to the stability of the region and the world as a whole,
We have met explosives already in the first hours, and we have met real-time fire exchanged with terrorists engaging in battle,
With this aggression, which aims to transfer the weight of the conflict to the occupied West Bank, the occupier wants to impose a new state of affairs on the ground to annex the West Bank,
We’ve had people in Israel sitting in the room with the Israelis working this problem set. And obviously we have a lot of experience hunting high-value targets”.