Israeli forces have withdrawn from Jenin in the occupied West Bank following a siege that lasted 10 days, leaving behind a trail of devastation.
At least 21 people were killed in Jenin city and the refugee camp, the Palestinian Ministry of Health said in a statement on Friday.
The area has witnessed massive destruction. Here are some of the pictures.
The Palestinian authorities are removing the wreckage after the destruction in Jenin. [Ali Sawafta/Reuters]
An old man clears the way outside his house.
Israeli forces withdrew from Jenin city and the refugee camp in the early hours of Friday after laying siege to both for 10 days, causing residents to flee and imposing great hardship amid acute food and water shortages. [Ali Sawafta/Reuters]
A man is passing on his motorbike in the devastated area after Israeli aggression
Wafa reported that Israeli soldiers had pulled out from the vicinity of the Jenin Government Hospital and the city’s Ibn Sina Hospital, where they had been stationed since the large-scale incursion of the West Bank began on August 28. [Ali Sawafta/Reuters]
