The Israel Defense Forces insisted it was “not forcing the Palestinians to evacuate,” but said it had “allowed residents of the camp to evacuate … through an organized and secured point.”

Kheetan, of the UN human rights office, described Israel’s recent assault in the area as a “deadly operation and labelled the whole ordeal as an “unnecessary or disproportionate use of force”

Dark smoke billows over Jenin as Israelcontinues its military operation in the West Bank::Israeli security forces backed by helicopters raided the West Bank city of Jenin on Tuesday (January 21), in what Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called a "large-scale and significant military operation.