Israel continues Jenin raid as two Palestinians killed in West Bank

This at least seems to be the plan by Smotrich and his cohort. He got his prize for not leaving the government over the hostage deal,

she said, holding a sign that read “refuse to fight in the war”.

What we’re doing in the West Bank in general seems like a plan to go back to the war in Gaza. They want to turn the West Bank into Gaza,

said protester Tamar Cohen

Now that there is a suspension in Israel’s war on Palestinians in Gaza, it feels like the Israeli military is starting a war on us in the West Bank.”

She added

If, God forbid, the war is not resumed, I will bring the government down,

he told reporters earlier this week

Of course this is political,

she said of Israel’s decision to launch the operation in Jenin

The worry that the deal won’t be fully implemented gnaws at us all,

said Vicky Cohen, the mother of hostage Nimrod Cohen, who was taken captive from the Nahal Oz military base while serving in the IDF

I think they want us to have this endless war … it’s shocking,

said anti-war activist Michal Brody-Bareket, who founded the Mother’s Cry group to demand the end to Israeli combat in Gaza, where her son has served in the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF).

Even as one door to peace is pushed slightly open another starts to swing closed,

she said

The deadly Israeli operations in recent days raise serious concerns about unnecessary or disproportionate use of force, including methods and means developed for warfighting, in violation of international human rights law, norms and standards applicable to law enforcement operations,

UN Human Rights Office spokesperson Thameen al-Kheetan told a media briefing in Geneva

We emphasise that in order to maintain the safety of residents in the area, the IDF is enabling any resident who chooses to exit from the area to do so via secure and organized routes,

it said in a statement to AFP

I believe that once we recognised that the Jenin camp had become a hub for those planning terror attacks or looking for a safe haven after committing terror attacks, it was absolutely the right decision to go in forcefully against it,

he said in a statement

Our office has verified that at least 12 Palestinians have been killed and 40 injured by Israeli security forces since Tuesday, most of them reportedly unarmed,

Al-Kheetan told a televised briefing

Indeed it is very concerning that what's happening today in the West Bank may have an impact on the ceasefire in Gaza. It is imperative that the ceasefire in Gaza holds,

he said

Far from holding its fire against Palestinians, Israel’s actions demonstrate it has no intention of doing so. Instead, it is merely shifting its focus from Gaza to other areas it controls in the West Bank.”

Parness added

The ceasefire wasn’t enough for the Israelis,

Murad Jadallah of the rights group Al-Haq said from Ramallah in the West Bank

This is not what a ceasefire looks like,

Shai Parness of the Israeli rights group B’Tselem told Al Jazeera

Smotrich has more power and influence than ever before,

Jadallah said of the negotiations to keep Smotrich on board

Ultimately he wants to sideline the Israeli civil administration and have the West Bank administered exclusively by settlers,

Jadallah added, detailing his view of the early steps towards the West Bank’s complete annexation by Israel

The hostage deal didn’t feel like the victory they’d been promised,

he added, suggesting the consequences of the apparent disappointment following the deaths of more than 47,000 people were now being played out across the West Bank and in Jenin

The Israeli army wants to destroy the camp and make it like Jabaliya,

he said, in reference to a refugee camp in Gaza that has been the target of Israeli bombardments until the recent ceasefire