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Dennis Donovan

(27,449 posts) Sun Dec 15, 2024, 01:16 PM Dec 15

Axios: U.S. asks Israel to approve urgent military aid to Palestinian security forces

Axios - U.S. asks Israel to approve urgent military aid to Palestinian security forces

Barak Ravid
22 mins ago

The Biden administration asked Israel to approve U.S. military assistance to Palestinian Authority security forces for a wide-ranging operation the PA is conducting in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, Palestinian, U.S. and Israeli officials told Axios.

Why it matters: The security operation to regain control in the city of Jenin and its refugee camp from militants is the largest conducted by Palestinian security forces in years.

-Palestinian and Israeli officials said the operation is focused on a local armed group that includes militants affiliated with both Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) and Hamas. Both groups receive funding from Iran.

-"This operation is a make or break moment for the Palestinian Authority," one Palestinian official said.

-Palestinian and U.S. officials said Palestinian leadership launched the operation out of fear that Islamist militants — emboldened after armed rebels took control of Syria — could try to overthrow the Palestinian Authority.

Driving the news: The security situation in Jenin has been deteriorating for months as the Palestinian Authority's control has gradually weakened. Local militants took control of the Jenin refugee camp more than a year ago and Palestinian Authority security forces refrained from entering it.

-Last week, Palestinian security forces tried to arrest several PIJ and Hamas militants who stole Palestinian security forces vehicles and used them for an armed parade through the refugee camp.

-The arrest attempt failed after violence broke out between the militants and the Palestinian security forces.

-A day later, the militants detonated a car bomb near a police station in Jenin, wounding three Palestinian policemen and two civilians.

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Help. Police. Murder. Gaugamela Dec 15 #1

PA security forces kill Islamic Jihad commander, sparking clashes in Jenin Israeli Dec 15 #2

Gaugamela

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1. Help. Police. Murder.

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Sun Dec 15, 2024, 01:23 PM

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Israeli

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2. PA security forces kill Islamic Jihad commander, sparking clashes in Jenin

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Sun Dec 15, 2024, 01:31 PM

Dec 15

Amid larger crackdown against terror groups in West Bank, PA general says his forces ‘thwarted a disaster’ by stopping car bombing aimed at Palestinian civilians and PA forces

By ToI Staff and Agencies
14 December 2024, 1:32 pm

Palestinian Authority security forces killed a commander of the Islamic Jihad terror group’s Jenin Brigade early Saturday morning, sparking clashes in the West Bank city, Palestinian media reported.

Gunshots and explosions could be heard in the city and PA forces set up checkpoints around the city, that has been a hotebed for terror groups in recent years.

The Palestinian Islamic Jihad commander was named in the reports as Yazid Jaysa, who is said to have been wanted by both the PA and Israel. There was no immediate confirmation from Islamic Jihad.

The operation was part of a larger PA crack down against terror groups in Jenin, which the PA says is to restore security and stability to the area and comes as Ramallah appears to be trying to signal that it could play a significant role in managing a post-war Gaza Strip.

Source : https://www.timesofisrael.com/pa-security-forces-kill-islamic-jihad-commander-sparking-clashes-in-jenin/

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