Back العمليات الإسرائيلية في الضفة الغربية (2025) Arabic Incursión israelí en Jenin de 2025 Spanish عملیات اسرائیل در کرانه باختری (۲۰۲۵) Persian מבצע חומת ברזל HE Serangan Israel di Tepi Barat 2025 ID Operação Muro de Ferro Portuguese Военная операция Израиля на Западном берегу (2025) Russian

2025 Israeli operation in the West Bank

Iron Wall
חומת ברזל
Part of the Israeli incursions in the West Bank during the Gaza war, the Middle Eastern crisis (2023–present) and the Palestinian Authority–West Bank militias conflict
Date21 January 2025 – present
Location
West Bank, Palestine
Result Ongoing
Belligerents

 Israel

 Palestinian Authority		  Palestinian Islamic Jihad
 Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades
 Hamas
Supported by:
 Iran[1][2]
Units involved
List of Israeli units:
Casualties and losses

4 Israeli soldiers killed, 22 Israeli soldiers injured[13][14][15][16]
Per the Jenin Brigades:
1 vehicle destroyed[17][18]

Per the PA:
Several security services personnel killed (by the IDF)[b]		 Per the IDF:
over 55 militants killed[23]
380+ arrested[c]
7+ Palestinian civilians killed and 4 Palestinian civilians injured[24][25][26][27][28][29][30]

Since 21 January 2025, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has conducted a large-scale military operation, which it has titled "Iron Wall"[d],[31][32][33] against Palestinian militants in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Israel's operation initially only targeted the Jenin Brigades, a local Palestinian militia in Jenin,[34] but has spread to Tulkarm and other Palestinian cities and towns. It marks a strategically distinct and more aggressive approach against West Bank militancy compared to previous Israeli raids,[35][36] and also marks the first time that the Palestinian Authority (PA)[e] directly participates in an Israeli military operation.[8][21]

Furthermore, the fighting marks a shift in Israeli military focus towards the West Bank and away from the Gaza Strip, where a ceasefire that halted the Gaza war was implemented on 19 January 2025.[3] The IDF has stated that the aims of the operation are to preserve its "freedom of action” in the West Bank, to neutralize militant infrastructure, and to eliminate imminent threats.[37][38]

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the operation is an action against the "Iranian axis", referring to the Iranian support of West Bank militants, and Israeli far-right finance minister Bezalel Smotrich said it marks the start of a campaign to protect Israeli settlements in the occupied region.[1] Israeli defense minister Israel Katz said it marks a shift in the IDF's security plan in the West Bank and was “the first lesson from the method of repeated raids in Gaza”,[39] later clarifying that Israeli forces planned to maintain a long-term military presence in Jenin beyond the raid's conclusion.[40]

  1. ^ a b "Israel launches 'significant' military operation in West Bank, at least eight Palestinians killed". Reuters. 21 January 2025.
  2. ^ "Why Is Israel Targeting Jenin, in the West Bank?". The New York Times. 2025-01-25.
  3. ^ a b c Ben Kimon, Elisha (2025-01-24). "'Cant defeat terror with defense': West Bank OP commanders say". Ynetnews. Retrieved 2025-01-24.
  4. ^ "IDF: Three soldiers wounded, one seriously, in ongoing counter-terrorism operation in Jenin area". The Times of Israel. 25 January 2025.
  5. ^ "Soldier killed in Jenin gunbattle amid West Bank crackdown". The Times of Israel. 30 January 2025.
  6. ^ "IDF arrests 25 terrorists in West Bank counterterrorism operation". The Jerusalem Post. 6 February 2025.
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  8. ^ a b c "Israeli army and Palestinian Authority besiege and raid Jenin hospitals". Middle East Eye. Retrieved 2025-01-23.
  9. ^ "West Bank Dispatch: Israeli army turns attention to Balata amid continuing killing spree". Mondoweiss. 2022-11-14.
  10. ^ "The Resurgence of Armed Groups in the West Bank and Their Connections to Gaza". ACLED. 2023-12-14.
  11. ^ "Iran Update, January 22, 2025". Institute for the Study of War. 2025-01-22.
  12. ^ "الاحتلال يقتحم بلدات بالضفة ومسيراته تلقي قنابل على المنازل بجنين". Al Jazeera (in Arabic). Retrieved 2025-02-07.
  13. ^ "Soldier killed in Jenin gunbattle amid West Bank crackdown". The Times of Israel. 30 January 2025.
  14. ^ "IDF: Three soldiers wounded, one seriously, in ongoing counter-terrorism operation in Jenin area". The Times of Israel. Retrieved 2025-01-25.
  15. ^ "IDF says Palestinian gunmen behind deadly al-Funduq terror attack killed near Jenin". The Times of Israel. Retrieved 2025-01-23.
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  17. ^ "Palestinian fighters use explosives against Israeli forces in Jenin". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2025-01-24.
  18. ^ Kubovich, Yaniv. "To prove it's different this time, IDF rebrands Jenin's 'armed thugs' as Hamas battalion". Haaretz.com. Archived from the original on 2025-01-28. Retrieved 2025-01-29.
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  21. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference :israelblocks was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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  23. ^ a b "IDF: 55 terrorists killed, 380 arrested in month of West Bank operations". The Jerusalem Post. 4 February 2025.
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  25. ^ "Pregnant woman's fetus also killed by Israeli forces in Nur Shams camp: Ministry". Al Jazeera. 8 February 2025. Retrieved 8 February 2025.
  26. ^ "PA officials say pregnant Palestinian woman shot, killed in West Bank; IDF looking into reports". The Times of Israel. 8 February 2025. Retrieved 8 February 2025.
  27. ^ "Palestinian child dies after being shot in the head during Israeli raid". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2025-01-25.
  28. ^ "Israeli forces bomb Jenin camp, besiege Tulkarem hospital". Al Jazeera. 31 January 2025.
  29. ^ "Palestinians say elderly man killed during IDF operation in northern West Bank". The Times of Israel. 2 February 2025.
  30. ^ "Ten-year-old Palestinian dies after being shot by Israeli soldier in Tulkarem". Al Jazeera. 7 February 2025.
  31. ^ Tondo, Lorenzo (2025-01-21). "Israeli security forces launch operation in West Bank city of Jenin". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2025-02-10.
  32. ^ Cordall, Simon Speakman. "What is Israel's deadly 'Iron Wall' military raid in the West Bank's Jenin?". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2025-02-10.
  33. ^ "Israeli army operation in West Bank's Tulkarm 'like a smaller-scale Gaza'". France 24. 2025-02-03. Retrieved 2025-02-10.
  34. ^ "Israel launches major offensive in Jenin days after Gaza ceasefire". Middle East Eye. Retrieved 2025-01-21.
  35. ^ Walker, Marcus. "Demolitions in Jenin Signal Israel's New Approach in the West Bank". WSJ. Retrieved 2025-02-03.
  36. ^ "The World Needs a 'Day After' Plan — for the West Bank". The Algemeiner. 2025-02-07. Retrieved 2025-02-07.
  37. ^ Fabian, Emanuel (21 January 2025). "IDF says Jenin operation expected to last several days". The Times of Israel. Retrieved 2025-01-21.
  38. ^ "IDF launches Operation Iron Wall against Palestinian terror in Jenin as PA exits". The Jerusalem Post. 2025-01-21. Retrieved 2025-01-21.
  39. ^ "Israeli army applies 'lessons' learned in Gaza as it continues West Bank offensive". NBC News. 2025-01-23. Retrieved 2025-01-23.
  40. ^ "Katz: IDF to remain in Jenin even after operation". The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com. 2025-01-29. Retrieved 2025-01-29.


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