Israeli bulldozers have demolished large areas of the now virtually empty Jenin refugee camp and appear to be carving wide roadways through its once-crowded warren of alleyways, echoing tactics already employed in Gaza as troops prepare for a long-term stay.

Tanks sit outside Jenin refugee camp a day after Israel sent them into the West Bank:::: Jenin, West Bank Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu instructed the military to carry out an "intensive" operation in the West Bank following explosions on buses close to Tel Aviv on Thursday (February 20),

Israeli tanks have moved into the occupied West Bank for the first time in decades in what Palestinian authorities call a “dangerous escalation.”