Aysar Alais and Ikram Kouachi
08 February 2025•Update: 08 February 2025
ISTANBUL
The Israeli army withdrew from the West Bank town of Tammun on Saturday after a week-long incursion, a local official said.
"The army withdrew its forces suddenly and quickly, and evacuated all the houses that it had turned into military barracks after expelling their inhabitants," Tammun Mayor Najeh Bani Odeh told Anadolu.
He said the Israeli forces have left a trail of destruction after its military operations in the town.
According to witnesses, the Israeli army pulled out from the town, but its forces are still deployed around the area.
Meanwhile, Israeli army forces are still operating in Al-Far’a refugee camp south of Tubas in the northern West Bank, according to a local activist.
“The occupation forces continue to storm the camp, raid homes, evict Palestinian residents, and turn their homes into military barracks,” Khaled Mansour told Anadolu.
He said Israeli forces also maintained roadblocks around the camp effectively sealing it off and preventing movement.
The attack on Tammun was part of a broader Israeli military assault launched on Jan. 21 in Jenin and its refugee camp, where 25 Palestinians were killed. On Jan. 27, the onslaught expanded to Tulkarem, killing at least four more Palestinians.
The Israeli escalation follows a ceasefire and prisoner exchange deal in Gaza on Jan. 19, after more than 15 months of Israel bombardment, which has killed nearly 48,200 Palestinians and devastated the enclave.
Since the war began on Oct. 7, 2023, Israeli forces and settlers have killed at least 905 Palestinians across the occupied West Bank, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry.
