Since the beginning of the ongoing aggression on the city of Jenin and its camp, the occupation has adopted a policy of occupying and controlling homes, turning them into military barracks and observation and monitoring points after expelling their residents, whose lives have been transformed into hell and suffering. This was the case with the residents of the "Al-Rayyan" building located in the Al-Mahta neighborhood in the city of Jenin, on the main street leading to the Horse Roundabout at the western entrance to the camp.

Despite the building and the area being approximately 100 meters away from the camp, it is considered a target of the occupation, as citizen Ahmed Diab explained, during every invasion and aggression against Jenin and the camp. He added, "At the beginning of every military operation, the occupation takes over the building and detains all residents under dire and tragic conditions."

During the recent aggression, the occupation closed off the Al-Sawha neighborhood and placed earth barriers at all its entrances. After isolating it, bulldozers destroyed the streets surrounding the neighborhood and the buildings all the way to the camp entrance. Dhiyab says, “The neighborhood was transformed into a military barracks, and the army took full control of it. It destroyed and ruined the streets, then stormed our homes and forced us to flee until further notice.” He added, “The occupation established a permanent base and a center for assembling tanks and bulldozers, deployed military reinforcements, and imposed strict measures that exacerbated the suffering of the citizens, who became homeless.”

Ahmed Diab is one of the victims of this occupation policy. He says, "My house is on the top floor of the Al-Rayyan building, and even though I own it, I am still prohibited from returning to my home or entering it." He added, "The occupation forces expelled us from our homes with just our clothes on and without any belongings. Our lives are difficult and harsh in light of this bitter reality."

Every day, the citizen, Dhiab, comes to the area, waiting at every moment for the occupation to withdraw and to be freed from the journey of forced displacement. He says, “This is the seventh time that the occupation has confiscated the building during the past period. They stormed our homes, expelled us, and seized the building since the beginning of the current invasion.” He added, “I tried several times to return to my home and bring our clothes and some of our belongings, but the occupation is still preventing us, and we face great suffering in providing housing, due to the large number of displaced people from the camp, its surroundings, and the area.”

He continued, "The aggression has destroyed our lives. Even the schools are closed, and the occupation has deprived our children of education and movement from one place to another due to checkpoints and arbitrary measures."

Citizen Dhiab and his family of seven have been living in the Al-Rayyan building since he bought an apartment 13 years ago, but the occupation makes their life miserable due to the repeated incursions. He says, “We have lost the taste of security, life, and stability, and we live with great suffering even on normal days, because with every incursion, the occupation confiscates the building and turns it into a military barracks and forces us to leave our homes without taking our circumstances into consideration.” He adds, “Our life is currently very difficult. There is no other shelter, not even houses to rent, due to the huge number of displaced people.”

"I felt pain and bitterness when we welcomed the holy month of Ramadan as displaced and homeless, living as guests of one of our relatives. This affected us greatly, like the rest of our people who suffer from the occupation's plans and policies of displacement and expulsion," he added. "This policy is a return to the occupation's fundamental plan in the 1948 Nakba, and it is being renewed again today, but we are steadfast and will not leave. My return to see my home despite its occupation confirms my identity in my home, my land and my country. They are pressuring us and want us to be permanently displaced, but we will remain steadfast and steadfast on our land, our country, our roots and our ancestors there." Citizen Dhiab expresses a firm position of steadfastness embodied by citizens who have been harmed by the occupation's policies, but who are committed to returning and continuing their lives to thwart Israeli plans aimed at uprooting, displacement and forced migration.