WEST BANK (Dispatches) –
Balata refugee camp, located near the occupied West Bank city of Nablus, is reportedly turning into another stronghold for Palestinian resistance fighters just as the Jenin refugee camp, causing serious concern for the Zionist regime’s authorities and its occupation forces.
The western part of the Jordan River has over the past year been the scene of heavy clashes, even more fierce than in the first and second Intifadas.
Reports by the witnesses attest to the widespread use of firearms against Zionist troops and settlers in retaliatory attacks by Palestinians and the emergence of armed resistance groups with different names and designations.
The apex of the Palestinian resistance was manifested after the occupying regime launched a large scale military campaign against Jenin in the early hours of July 3.
The Zionist regime mobilized upwards of 1,000 troops as a means of supposedly damaging the resistance “infrastructure” in the city and the refugee camp that it hosts. At least 12 Palestinians and one Zionist trooper died as a result of the conflict, during which a steadfast Palestinian resistance response prompted the regime to pull out its forces after less than two days.
An assortment of Palestinian resistance groups and factions threw their weight behind Jenin Brigade in its battle in the occupied West Bank city, including the armed wings of the Gaza-based resistance movements of Hamas and the Islamic Jihad.
The resistance is pushing its boundaries and expanding its realm to Balata camp, the largest camp for Palestinian refugees, which was established in 1950 and is supported by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA).
Palestinian media and the Israeli news outlets acknowledge that the camp, which is located 27 kilometers south of Jenin camp, is “gradually” becoming another center of armed resistance against the illegal entity in the occupied West Bank.
Meanwhile, a new much-awaited documentary has revealed how Palestinian fighters infiltrated deep into the occupying regime’s so-called internal security service, Shin Bet, and Mossad spy agency.
“Spider’s Web 2,” as the documentary is named, details a complex espionage operation that was carried out against the Israeli organizations by Al-Quds Brigades. The Brigades serves as the armed wing of the Palestinian resistance movement of the Islamic Jihad, which is headquartered in the Tel Aviv-blockaded Palestinian territory of the Gaza Strip.
The mission served to continue “Wahda al-Sahat (Unity of the Fields)” operation, which the Islamic Jihad launched in August 2022 to retaliate against the regime’s warfare in Gaza. The Zionist military launched close to 150 airstrikes against the coastal sliver during the war, prompting the resistance to respond by firing some 1,100 rockets toward the occupied territories.