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Israeli military operations in the occupied West Bank have demolished more than 1,000 Palestinian homes and killed at least 55 people since January, according to two Palestinian media committees, Anadolu reports. The destruction has focused on three northern West Bank refugee camps – Jenin, Tulkarem and Nur Shams – where Israeli forces have carried out operations since Jan. 21. In Jenin camp alone, more than 600 homes have been destroyed and many others left uninhabitable, the camp’s media committee said Saturday. It described the assault as part of a 159-day military campaign marked by home burnings, road demolitions and the conversion of residential buildings into army outposts. Since the start of the operations, 42 Palestinians have been killed in Jenin, […]