The New York Times published a report by its correspondent in Israel, Isabel Kirchner, under the headline "Israel's Major Incursion into the West Bank Ended, But Has It Fixed Anything?" On Thursday, in which I stated that “the Israeli army announced on Wednesday morning (5/7) that it had ended its incursion into the West Bank city of Jenin with the aim of curbing attacks by armed Palestinians against Israelis; barely five hours later, some 40 kilometers away, bullets hit Fireworks were fired from a car carrying Palestinian license plates for the Israeli police, which caused damage, but no injuries.

According to the report, "The 48-hour military operation was one of the largest military operations in many years against armed groups in the occupied West Bank, and included deadly air strikes not seen in the region for nearly two decades, but few Israelis and Palestinians had illusions about its results, Saying that not long ago, the groups that lost weapons and fighters during the incursion will rebuild their ranks."

The report notes that three decades after the Oslo peace agreement raised hopes for the possibility of two states, a Palestinian and an Israeli, side by side, "the prospects for peaceful coexistence seem remote, and the main sources of Palestinian anger remain, including the occupation of the West Bank, which Dating back to the 1967 Middle East war, continued land encroachment by Jewish settlements, and a lack of economic opportunity, a Palestinian state seems more distant than ever, as radical members of the Israeli government reject any talks or political progress with the weak, divided, and incompetent Palestinian leadership. willing or unable to monitor the escalating hotbeds of rebellion.

According to the author of the report: “Israeli analysts said that the army achieved tactical success in Jenin, as it roamed the crowded refugee camp that the Israeli authorities described as a haven for militants and which, before the raid, had become a no-go zone for Palestinian security forces and, increasingly, for Israeli forces.” About a thousand soldiers, most of them special forces, discovered and dismantled explosives manufacturing laboratories, caches of weapons and explosives hidden inside buildings, under narrow roads, and even in holes under a mosque.

As Kirchner says, “The Palestinian Health Ministry said 12 Palestinians were killed during the operation; officials said Israeli security services detained and interrogated dozens, in some cases to obtain real-time intelligence; and one Israeli soldier was killed, possibly by mistake by a fellow soldier.” ".

The author ends her report by saying: “However, analysts said that the situation lacked any deeper strategy and could lead to more violence and revenge attacks, as Itamar Yar, former deputy head of the Israeli National Security Council, said, “The operation was relatively brief and limited, and this means that we have We are seeing similar activities "in the Jenin camp, although perhaps on a smaller scale."