Battle of Jenin

Part of Operation Defensive Shield and the Second Intifada

Date	April 1–11, 2002 (Israeli troop withdrawal began April 18)
Location	Jenin, West Bank, Palestinian territories
Result	Israeli victory

Belligerents

Israel (IDF)

Fatah

Hamas
Islamic Jihad

Independent Palestinian mujahid factions

Commanders and leaders

Yehuda Yedidia
Eyal Shlein
Ofek Buchris

Hazem Qabha †
Zakaria Zubeidi
Mahmoud Tawalbe †

Strength

1 reserve infantry brigade
2 regular infantry battalions
Commando teams
12 D9 armored bulldozers

Some 200 – several hundreds

Casualties and losses

23 dead
52 wounded

At least 52 dead (at least 27 militants and 22 civilians) per HRW
53 dead (48 militants and 5 civilians) per the IDF

Dozens of houses destroyed according to the IDF
according to HRW at least 140 buildings completely destroyed, severe damage caused 200 additional buildings rendered uninhabitable or unsafe.

Fatah

Hamas
Islamic Jihad

The Battle of Jenin took place in the Jenin refugee camp in the West Bank in April 1–11, 2002. Israel Defense Forces (IDF) entered the camp, and other areas under the administration of the Palestinian Authority, during the Second Intifada, as part of Operation Defensive Shield. The Jenin camp was targeted after Israel reported that it had "served as a launch site for numerous terrorist attacks against both Israeli civilians and Israeli towns and villages in the area."

The IDF employed infantry, commando forces, and assault helicopters. Palestinian militants had prepared for a fight, booby trapping the camp, and after an Israeli column walked into an ambush, the army began to rely more heavily on the use of armored bulldozers to clear out booby traps laid inside the camp. On April 11, Palestinian militants began to surrender. Israeli troops began withdrawing from the camp on April 18.

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