Israeli army demolishes more Jenin buildings in ongoing West Bank raid

The Israeli army says it has kept up its assault on Jenin, tearing down more buildings across the occupied West Bank city as part of its latest large-scale raid.

In a brief statement, the military said its forces “continue our activity in the northern West Bank and destroyed explosive devices and weapons in Jenin”. It added that troops were “continuing the process of demolishing buildings in the Jenin area and we have found a bomb-making laboratory”.

Israel has used similar claims to justify repeated incursions into Jenin, where bulldozers and armoured units routinely flatten homes, shops and roads. Palestinian residents say the army’s operations amount to collective punishment, with entire neighbourhoods left uninhabitable.