while the world focuses on Gaza a silent but equally devastating conflict is unfolding in the West Bank Israel's military operations in this occupied region have escalated to unprecedented levels and this has prompted warnings from the International Community warnings of a looming humanitarian crisis this is a story of a land and its people caught in the crosshairs of an intensifying conflict death destruction despair these three words encapsulate the Grim reality faced by Palestinians in the West Bank today as Israeli forces ramp up their operations the occupied territory is rapidly becoming a mirror image of water on Gaza the United Nations and European Union have sounded the alarm warning that Israel's actions betray a clear objective to transform the West Bank into a new front in its ongoing conflict yes without action of the International Community the West Bank will become a new Gaza and Gaza will become a new West Bank as setts movements are preparing new settlements in the West Bank deadly and destructive operations some at a scale not witnessed in the last two decades are worsening a Calamity calamitous situation there already aggravated by serious settler violence this stock is mment comes as some Israeli ministers openly advocate for increased military intervention in the region recent weeks have witnessed a brutal 10day operation that left a trail of Carnage across the West Bank dozens lie dead victims of Relentless incursions by heavily armed soldiers backed by armored vehicles and bulldozers the Jenine refugee camp long a flash point in the Israeli pal Palestinian conflict bore the brunt of this assault terrorist no we are not terrorists we are peaceful they are the terrorists killing our children in jenin the aftermath of the raid paints a picture of utter Devastation roads lie plowed and bulldozed houses stand damaged and bullet riddled inside homes shattered glass covers dining tables and Furniture lies splinter Ed amidst the debris the Camp's residents many descendants of those displaced during Israel's Creation in 1948 now face a new cycle of displacement and destruction it took me 24 hours to get a water tank and buy this in every incursion new things are being destroyed all the walls around the house have been destroyed and the trees have been uprooted there were more than 200 pine trees over 100 years old here additionally Citrus Armond and fruit trees have all been uprooted Israeli military officials defend these operations as necessary measures to curb what they claim are increasingly sophisticated and deadly attacks against Israeli civilians the violence is not confined to jenin Across the West Bank tensions are at a boiling point a recent attack at a border crossing between the West Bank and Jordan left three Israeli guards dead while Israeli settler violence against Palestinians has reached record levels in 2023 the EU says that last year saw the highest number of settlement building permits issued in decades as the conflict in Gaza rages on the West Bank has become a deadly arena in its own right since October 7th isra isi forces and settlers have killed at least 662 Palestinians in the West Bank while Palestinian attacks have claimed the lives of 23 Israelis including security Personnel for all the latest news download the weon app And subscribe to our YouTube channel