Jenin is a major Palestinian city in northern West Bank, with population of at least 49,000. Located in Area A of the West Bank, it is under the jurisdiction of the Palestinian Authority.
It contains the Jenin refugee camp, a densely-populated Palestinian refugee camp with a population of around 11,000-22,000 people, according to differing sources and estimates.
While the IDF has launched Operation Iron Wall, designed to increase raids on the terrorists in places like Jenin, the enemy is also better armed than in the past.
An additional unnamed soldier was killed in the incident, and eight additional soldiers were injured.
For the first time, IDF troops are conducting operations in the West Bank being transported by Eitan partially armored vehicles.
The IDF launched Operation Iron Wall last week to try to clamp down on the rising terrorist threat in Jenin and other areas of the West Bank.
The Israeli military is adopting a mindset that argues using tougher tactics from Gaza may produce greater deterrence against Palestinian terror.
Defense Minister Israel Katz reportedly gave instructions to the IDF to destroy any building "incriminated" in terrorist activity.
One of the strikes killed Abd al-Hadi Kamil, a former prisoner convicted of planning terrorist attacks, who was released in the November 2023 hostage deal agreement.
Troops encircled the building in which the terrorists were embedded and killed them.
During the incident in which Hazi was killed, a soldier in the same battalion was wounded.
Generally, since the Second Intifada of 2000-2005, the IDF has not stationed troops for any extended period within major Palestinian cities like Jenin.
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