Israel launched a major military incursion in the northern West Bank in August, which it called “Operation Summer Camps.” It sent armored vehicles into the cities of Jenin and Tulkarem, severing water and electricity and leading Palestinians to ration food, residents told CNN.

Israeli forces killed a Hamas commander in the West Bank city of Jenin on Tuesday as they pushed ahead with a weeks-long operation against armed groups in the area that has sent tens of thousands of Palestinians fleeing their homes.

The stalling of the ceasefire is part of a wider strategic shift, as Israel’s army seeks to maintain a larger geographical presence, including in territory that is not Israeli. It has begun to create what it intends to be indefinite “buffer zones” on four fronts: in Gaza, on the borders with Lebanon and Syria, and in the West Bank (see map).

For the first time since 2002, Israel has deployed tanks in the occupied West Bank in addition to its military operations in Jenin and other refugee camps. Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz confirmed that around 40,

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The Israeli military this weekend deployed tanks to the occupied West Bank for the first time in two decades. In the background of a Gaza ceasefire, Israel has steadily escalated an intense ...