Behind Enemy Lines: Unpacking the Israeli Military’s Daring Incursion into the Jenin Brigade
Jenin Resistance Fighters: We Are Ready for Other Phases
fetus– In the first hours after Israeli occupation forces withdrew from the Jenin camp in the northwestern West Bank, yesterday, Friday, resistance fighters from the Jenin Brigade were busy saying their goodbyes. They visited the martyred comrades, their families, then visited the camp, and reviewed the events of the days of the longest and most comprehensive military campaign since the Second Palestinian Intifada attack.
After 10 days of skirmishes and clashes, the withdrawal process itself was the most difficult, as a resistance fighter (FG) told Al Jazeera Net, “because these are usually the moments where the occupiers try to gain any gains by intensifying the fire and destruction” .
With his experience as a resistance fighter with 14 members of the battalion under his command, he must provide protection for them at the moment of withdrawal and must exercise maximum caution “because the Israeli army is used to treachery either by bombing with drones or with extreme intensity and indiscriminate opened fire, which could cause casualties among the “resisters in the back line”.
He added, “We became more alert and cautious. We delayed leaving until we were sure that the last troops had withdrawn from all areas of the camp and even after we were sure that the military vehicles had moved out of the entire city. Jenin.”
The Number of Resistors is Doubled
With repeated violent Israeli incursions, The resistance groups in the Jenin camp have built their experience over 3 years. Its members say their ability to hide has increased, and their approach to confrontation is different.
The group began with a limited number of no more than 25 resistance fighters, each with a personal weapon. It announced its inception in the Jenin camp after firing operations at military checkpoints around the city, and continued to grow with a series of events until it became one of the most powerful Palestinian armed organizations in the northern West Bank. Its membership grew dozens of times and it spread geographically until it reached the villages west of Jenin.
(FG) said, “I am responsible for 14 youths, others are responsible for the same number, and others for a larger number. Because.”
From one moment to the next, the resistance fighter emerging from a long battle would watch his radio and track the signals coming from the battalion’s monitoring groups, through which he would know the movement of aircraft in the sky. Movement of military vehicles to cities, and checkpoints.
Hard Days
During his conversation with Al Jazeera Net, (FG) recounted the ten days of attacks and sieges that went on in Jenin and its camps, and resistance fighters experienced direct clashes in many areas during that period, luring troops elsewhere. Repeatedly, and detonating explosive devices, military vehicles tried to enter the streets of the city and the lanes of the camp.
“We have been through the siege like others in the camp and these days have been difficult without water or electricity in the eastern part of the city, but we have done what is necessary and the clashes are outside the camp on several axes inside the city, as well as in my towns of Kefardun and Sila al-Harithia,” said the battalion’s resistance. expanded, and we overcame the enemy “in precise attacks, we exploded new devices with great effectiveness.”
He added, “The aim of the occupiers was to reach the maximum number of resistance fighters and kill them. We do not deny that we lost some of our best youth, but we did not lose them through skirmishes, but through bombings. The occupiers endured direct skirmishes, he Don’t send drones to blow up resistance fighters.”
The fighters were able to hold out for days and reports from the camp confirmed that Israeli targets had been hit. The battalion members believed that, with their limited capabilities, they faced a large number of organized armies, so they considered what happened as a kind of “constancy and achievement”.
(VG) said, “We were able to blow up the enemy’s vehicle with self-made explosive devices, and everyone heard about the ambush where the occupiers admitted to killing one of its soldiers. The occupation was able to defeat them only after hitting the house by
“We have passed one phase of the conflict this time, and we are ready for other phases if the enemy turns to us,” he added.
“Camp Horror”
The story was one of several that resistance fighters from the Jenin Brigades, affiliated with the al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Jihad movement, spoke during funeral processions for the martyrs, as they were eager to be there and their signs quickly disappeared after the burial.
“Although it is also a risk, we must say goodbye to our comrades, honor them and respect them,” FG said.
At the same time, this resistance member was providing vigilance to one of the most prominent commanders of the battalion who was at the cemetery to coincide with the funeral of the martyrs and arranged his short and quick speech with the journalists.
The observer may notice that people gather around the resistance fighters and their leaders and all take the initiative to greet and reassure them.
(AA), one of the largest and most prominent commanders of the Jenin battalion, spoke to Al Jazeera Net about the state of the battalion since the Israeli incursion into Jenin in 2021. The resistance in the camp is considered to be the longest struggle of the fighters.
(AA) said, “They called them summer camps, and we called them anti-occupation terror camps.” He added, “We are fine. We have lost terrible, brave mujahideen, but the enemy has also lost, and the situation is backward between us and them. For every mujahideen who will be martyred, 10 mujahideen will enter against him. The enemy must be exposed.” His defeat in this war.”
He ended with a message, “We are telling the Axis of Resistance and our brothers in Gaza, Lebanon and the rest of the West Bank that we are on the same path and we are well and continuing.”
