BAKU, Azerbaijan, November 26. Israel’s military on Wednesday launched a new operation against Palestinian armed groups in the occupied West Bank, where a local governor told AFP that Israeli forces had raided several towns TurkicWorld reports via ArabNews.
The Israeli military and internal security service said in a brief joint statement that they had begun “a broad counter-terrorism operation” in the north of the Palestinian territory.
They said they would “not allow terrorism to take root in the area and are acting proactively to thwart it,” saying further details on the operation would follow at a later stage.
The Israeli army confirmed to AFP that it was a new operation, and not part of the one launched in January 2025 dubbed “Iron Wall,” which primarily targeted Palestinian refugee camps in the northern West Bank.
Israel has occupied the West Bank since 1967.
