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Israel’s Katz says will not allow residents to return as tanks deployed to West Bank for first time since 2002.

Published On 23 Feb 2025

  • Israel’s defence minister says that 40,000 residents were displaced from refugee camps in the northern occupied West Bank, and that they will not be allowed to return. Israeli tanks have been deployed to the West Bank as well, for the first time since 2002.
  • Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office says the release of Palestinian prisoners planned for yesterday has been paused “until the release of the next hostages is guaranteed, and without the rituals of humiliation”.