Fatah states they “welcome” activities of terrorists in Jenin

The Fatah Commission of Information and Culture posted an image on its Facebook page

The image shows a statement by Fatah. At the top is the Fatah logo that includes a grenade, crossed rifles, and the PA map of “Palestine” that presents all of Israel together with the PA areas as “Palestine.”

Text in statement: “Fatah welcomed the legendary firmness of our people in Jenin and in all our cities, villages, and [refugee] camps in the confrontation with the occupation’s attack (refers to 2023 Operation Home and Garden; see note below -Ed.).”

[Fatah Commission of Information and Culture, Facebook page, July 3, 2023]

2023 Operation Home and Garden - an Israeli counter-terror operation in Jenin that lasted from July 3-5, 2023. The operation targeted terror infrastructure in the city, and particularly the Islamic Jihad-affiliated terror group the Jenin Brigade, after 50 terror attacks had originated from the city and 19 terrorists had fled to it since the start of 2023. Israeli soldier David Yehuda Yitzhak, 23, was killed during the operation, while at least 18 Palestinian terrorists were killed and over 300 terror suspects were arrested. During the operation, Israeli forces attacked a terror headquarters located next to a medical clinic and two schools, one of them belonging to UNRWA. Several weapons factories were discovered containing hundreds of explosives and weapons caches. Terrorists opened fire on Israeli forces from within a mosque in the Jenin refugee camp, and after gaining control of the site, the Israeli forces discovered weapons caches including explosives and entrances to underground tunnels in the mosque's basement.