this was far more than a military raid it may have been Israel's largest assault on the occupied West Bank in more than 20 years involving air strikes troops and bulldozers moving through Palestinian cities and towns ripping up roads in tubas mud Naja said an explosion killed two of his children my wife went to the roof and found three of our children two may they rest in peace in Janine Palestinians say Israel's military blocked ambulance Crews from helping the wounded the IDF said it prevented access to the hospital to stop militants from going inside staff were forced to get out of the ambulance said Dr yunas alha of the red crescent and the director of our health center in tubas was beaten communities such as Janine have become centers of resistance against Israel's occupation spawning members for Islamic Jihad in Hamas both of which acknowledge losing fighters in the assault there will be no safe place no places of sanctuary and no places where terrorists can feel safe where they feel they're in control many Palestinians fear Israel's military is importing tactics from Gaza to the West Bank after the raids Israel's foreign minister tweeted that the temporary evacuation of Palestinians in the West Bank Bank might be necessary there is not much this analyst says some cabinet ministers have made no secret of their wish to expand Israel's control over Palestinian territories if things continue on their current trajectories uh then we're going to see more and bigger operations we're going to probably also see more armed resistance by Palestinian groups tensions in the West Bank were already critical fueled by frequent attacks by extremist Jewish settlers on Palestinian communities the Palestinian Authority warned if Israel continues along this path the results will be dire for the entire region Chris Brown CBC News London