Jenin (/ ʒ ɪ ˈ n iː n / zhin-EEN; Arabic: جنين, romanized: Jinīn, locally pronounced [ʒɪˈniːn] ⓘ) is a city in the State of Palestine in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. The city serves as the administrative center of the Jenin Governorate of Palestine and is a major center for the surrounding towns. [ 2 ]

Mar 21, 2025 · Jenin was an Ottoman-German base in World War I; a memorial to fallen German aviators remains. It was an important centre for Jordanian and Iraqi forces in the first Arab-Israeli war in 1948; though much of the strategic territory in the vicinity was taken by Israel, Jenin remained in Arab hands.

Jul 3, 2023 · The Israeli military said its latest attack on Jenin hit a weapons production and explosives storage facility, while its forces seized an improvised rocket launcher.

Jenin (Arabic: جنين) is a city in the State of Palestine, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Jenin is a evidence of many periods of conflict and challenges faced by the Palestinians (such as displacement, raids by IDF), especially in the context of the Israel-Palestine conflict.

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.

Dec 18, 2024 · Analysis: The rare Jenin operation aims to weaken armed resistance groups and reassert the PA’s control in the West Bank. Could it extend to other cities?

Mar 5, 2025 · The city of Jenin, a Palestinian militant stronghold in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, has become a new front for Israel days after it reached a ceasefire deal with Hamas that suspended a 15 ...

Jenin is a city in the State of Palestine in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. The city serves as the administrative center of the Jenin Governorate of Palestine ...

Aug 28, 2024 · Jenin, a focal point of Israel’s wide-ranging raid into the West Bank on Wednesday, is a potent symbol of opposition and militancy for Palestinians after decades of fighting against occupying ...

Jenin is a 4000-year-old city in northern Palestine, it is located on the edge of a level plain known to the locals as Marj Ibn Amer and mentioned in the Bible as Jezreel Valley. Modern Jenin is a picturesque town surrounded by olive and almond groves.