The Jenin refugee camp (Arabic: مخيم جنين للاجئين), also known as the Jenin camp (Arabic: مخيم جنين), is a town originally founded in 1953 as a Palestinian refugee camp located within the city of Jenin in the northern West Bank.

Jan 24, 2025 · Smoke billows from Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank on Friday. CNN. Israel launched the operation two days after the first stage of the Gaza ceasefire began, saying it was aimed at ...

13 hours ago · Israel has destroyed multiple buildings in the occupied West Bank’s Jenin refugee camp, hours after its forces killed a 73-year-old man, the Palestinian Ministry of Health said.

Jenin camp borders the Jenin municipality and is the northernmost camp in the West Bank. It has been the scene of significant suffering. Established in 1953 after the original camp in the area was destroyed in a snowstorm, Jenin camp was also severely affected by the second intifada.

Aug 29, 2024 · Of the 10 camps across the occupied West Bank, Jenin has the highest rates of unemployment and poverty, according to the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA. In January...

Jul 4, 2023 · Israel unleashed a major raid on July 3 on Jenin refugee camp, a Palestinian militant stronghold in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, killing 12 Palestinians in clashes with gunmen.

Aug 31, 2024 · Israel’s operation this week began with incursions into several cities and refugee camps in the north of the occupied West Bank. Over the past three days, the focus of that operation has...

Nov 9, 2023 · At least 10 Palestinians have been killed and 20 others injured during a raid by Israeli forces in Jenin city and refugee camp in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Ministry of Health has...

Aug 29, 2024 · The camp has been sealed off by the army since it arrived before dawn on Wednesday - part of a wide, coordinated operation across several centres of the occupied West Bank. Jenin camp is...

Dec 25, 2024 · Earlier this month, security forces for the Western-backed Palestinian Authority stormed into Jenin refugee camp, a restive militant stronghold, and began a crackdown against armed groups. Fighting has raged in the streets of the …