The Star-Ledger · Newark, New Jersey · 4 July 2023
CP-2023-044
Israeli forces invade West Bank city of Jenin
Associated Press, Jenin, West Bank
Transcribed from the clipping
“JENIN, West Bank — Israel launched a large-scale military operation in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin early Monday, with drone strikes and hundreds of troops pushing into a refugee camp… At least eight Palestinians were killed and dozens wounded… National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir wrote on social media: ‘Praying for their success.’… Jamal Huweil, a political activist in the camp, said the residents would not leave… U.N. humanitarian coordinator Lynn Hastings said she was ‘alarmed by the scale’… Israel has occupied the West Bank for 56 years…”
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The verb in this headline is invade. No other American paper in this archive uses it for that week’s operation; the others say targets, raid, or offensive.
Cite this clipping
"Israeli forces invade West Bank city of Jenin," The Star-Ledger, 4 July 2023, p. 1. Covering Palestine archive, CP-2023-044. https://coveringpalestine.org/archive/cp-2023-044
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