Israel Strikes Jenin as Rift Grows Over Courts
Israeli activists of the “Brothers in Arms” group block the gate of the Haifa port during a protest against the Israeli government.
Photographer: Ilia Yefimovich/picture alliance/Getty ImagesAirstrikes and 1,000 ground troops. Streets choked with rubble. Families fleeing on foot.
The attack on the West Bank that Israel launched yesterday is one of the most intense in 20 years. The last major assault on the Palestinian refugee camp of Jenin took place during the second Intifada, or uprising, against Israeli occupation in the early 2000s.