Israel military offensive in West Bank part of bigger plan to usurp Palestinian lands, says Hamas

It added that these military actions are part of a plan to “grab more West Bank lands and expel its inhabitants.”
Hamas said Israel’s recent military offensives, including those in Tulkarem and Tubas, have failed, and that “the inevitable outcome of the current aggression in Jenin will be the same”.
Since early Wednesday, the Israeli army has been conducting a large-scale and ongoing military offensive in the cities of Tulkarm, Jenin and Tubas in the northern West Bank, which is the most extensive since 2002.
As of Friday afternoon, at least 19 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli military assaults.
On Thursday evening, the army withdrew from Tulkarem, capping a day of extensive military strikes in the area. Earlier that day, the army had also pulled out of Al Fara Camp in Tubas after similar military actions.
Tensions have been running high across the Occupied West Bank amid a brutal Israeli offensive on the Gaza Strip, which has killed more than 40,600 Palestinians, mostly women and children, since 7 October last year.
At least 673 Palestinians have been killed, nearly 5,400 others injured, and over 10,300 arrested in the Occupied Territory, according to Palestinian figures.
In a landmark opinion on 19 July, the International Court of Justice declared Israel’s decades-long occupation of Palestinian land unlawful and demanded the evacuation of all settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.