Israeli troops forcibly displace Jenin residents as raid escalates

Israeli soldiers have forcibly removed Palestinians from their homes in Jenin as a major offensive in the occupied West Bank enters its fourth day.

Residents told Middle East Eye that many are trapped in their homes without access to food, water or electricity, as Israeli forces maintain a tight siege on the city. 

Dozens of families have been forced out of their homes in raids conducted by Israeli troops.

"We were cut off from the world, with no communication or internet, and we didn’t know anything about what was happening,” Abdul Rahman Abu Raya, a Jenin resident, told Middle East Eye. 

Abu Raya said troops stormed his home and forced all family members, including 12 children, into two rooms after the raid began on Wednesday,

The family was denied access to basic needs during this time, he added, including milk, bread and medicine. 

“If they could have cut off the air, they would have,” Abu Raya said. 

“Since 2002, we haven’t witnessed such a brutal incursion.”

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