Chief of Staff of the Israeli Army, Aviv Kochavi, yesterday warned that raiding the West Bank city of Jenin could become an inevitable choice, Israeli TV Channel 12 reported.
Al Maydan News Agency reported the Israeli TV channel as quoting Kochavi saying the Israeli army would raid the city to “purge” the armed Palestinian factions.
One or both of those still on the run after the #GilboaPrison break could now be holed up in #Jenin, Kochavi said, prompting "the possibility of launching a large-scale military operation" there. 👇 #Palestine #Israelhttps://t.co/ROF5zDcg9u
— The New Arab (@The_NewArab) September 16, 2021
Kochavi expected that one of the Palestinian escapees could have reached and entered Jenin, and could be receiving assistance from there.
He said that the investigations with Zakaria Al Zubeidi, who was recaptured, revealed that the escapees planned to go to Jenin.
“If we became sure that they arrived in Jenin, a large amount of the army would be ready to raid the city, rearrest them and put them in prison again even if this affected the rest of the West Bank,” he said.
From the ‘Iron Wall’ to the ‘Villa in the Jungle’: #Palestinians Demolish #Israel’s #Security Myths by @RamzyBaroud https://t.co/olcnw42A98 via @PalestineChron pic.twitter.com/0Y3vMLOQhj
— The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) September 15, 2021
He added that if the two remaining escapees are found to be in a different West Bank town, the same scenario would be implemented in that area.
Kochavi said that the Palestinian Authority has become weak in the occupied West Bank and Israel would not allow the Palestinian organizations to “raise their heads.”
(MEMO, PC, Social Media)
