Israeli forces remain on the northern coast all year when the military operation expands

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Israeli Defense Minister said tens of thousands of displaced Palestinians would not be allowed to return to their homes on the occupied West Bank, as Israeli military expanding its activities against armed militants in the territory.

“Iron Wall” military offensive that was launched at the end of last monthIt is considered the widest Israeli operation on the West Bank for more than two decades.

Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz On Sunday, he stated that he had instructed the military to “prepare for an extended stay in the camps that were cleared next year and would not allow residents to return.”

“We will not return to the reality that has existed in the past. We will continue to clear refugee camps and other terrorist centers to dismantle (militant) battalions and terrorist infrastructure of extremist Islam that were built,” Katz added.

Israeli forces are still aimed at Palestinian militants, first of all, in the northern refugee camps JeninTulkarem, Nur Shams and Far’a. On Sunday, IDF said a tank platoon was deployed in Jenin and that the operations were expanded to the nearby city of Kabatia.

According to the UN, more than 50 Palestinians were killed on Friday, including a 13-year-old girl in Jenin, as well as three Israeli soldiers. UN estimates that about 40,000 people were forced to evacuate their homes from the fighting.

Earlier, Israeli officials noted that the evacuation from the camps was voluntary and that the local population would return freely.

During a visit to the Jenin camp last week with Israeli Financial Times military personnel confirmed that the area was almost completely paid off by more than 15,000 people. According to Israel, only about 1000 people remain, with most of the camp – including the main roads, schools, mosques and at least two dozen buildings – destroyed from the fighting.

Israeli military officials said they are aiming at the local brigade Jenin, a free confederation of young armed men from factions as Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad, who combined their forces to increase their effectiveness.

Local brigade, either cataibThe model is repeated in other parts of the northern west shore, including the Tulkarem camp, which Israel claims to have started on Thursday Plot for bus bombing.

Three improvised explosive devices that blowed on buses in the suburb of Tel -Vaviv, while the fourth device was neutralized by security forces. No one was injured because the buses were empty during the blasts.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited Tulkarem’s refugee refugee camp on Friday and promised to expand the West Bank’s offensive.

“We enter the mainstay of terrorism, aligning entire streets used by terrorists and their homes, as well as eliminating terrorists and commanders,” he said.

Separately the gentle ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza was questioned after Netanyahu postponed the release of more than 600 Palestinian prisoners late on Saturday, despite the fact that a group of militants released six Israeli hostages earlier.

The Prime Minister’s Office has accused Hamas of “repeated violations” of the agreement reached last month, including “cynical exploitation of our hostages for propaganda purposes”.

“It was decided to detain the ejection of terrorists who were scheduled for the next hostages yesterday, and without humiliating rites,” Netanyahu said in a statement.

Four Israeli hostages are expected to be released on Thursday.

The initial 42-day truce between Israel and Hamas should end the next weekend, and the conversations about the second stage of the agreement-which could release dozens of other Israeli hostages and constantly end the war-all.

Hamas made a statement on Sunday “strongly condemning” the Israeli’s decision to delay the release of the prisoner, calling it a “obvious violation” of the ceasefire agreement and “intentional attempt” to undermine the agreement.

“We demand that (international) mediators.. Let’s say our duties and put pressure on the occupation to implement the agreement and release the prisoners without any delay,” the statement added.