Israel Launches Counterterror Offensive in Jenin

Israel has sent more than 1,000 troops into the Palestinian city of Jenin in an effort to root out the terrorist infrastructure there, in the largest operation in the city since Operation Defensive Shield in 2002. A senior government official said that “the goal of this extensive operation is to end Jenin’s role as a ‘city of refuge’ for terror, and it will last as long as it needs to.”