The IDF has evacuated about 40,000 Palestinians from the northern West Bank since January 21, the most in decades, Defense Minister Israel Katz said Sunday. It was a stunning admission given that the IDF has repeatedly denied reports attesting to that by The New York Times and CNN in recent weeks.

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Israeli tanks have been spotted near Jenin in the West Bank on Sunday for the first time since “Operation Defensive Shield” in 2002. The Israel Defence Forces has confirmed that an armoured division is being deployed in the Jenin area as part of expanded counter-terror operations in the area, according to Israel’s Channel 14.