Jenin, a city at the heart of Palestinian resistance

09 November, 2023 15:37

Jenin is a city in the north of the Israeli-occupied West Bank that is home to a crowded refugee camp by the same name with a population of about 14,000 people.

Residents of the Jenin camp are descendants of Palestinians dispossessed of their land and homes when the state of Israel was created in 1948.
Jenin has one of the highest rates of unemployment and poverty among 19 refugee camps in the West Bank, according to UNRWA.
In 2002, Israel launched a major assault on the Jenin refugee camp, which was the scene of some of the worst violence during the second Intifada.
A UN report issued in August 2002 said 52 Palestinians were killed in Jenin and as many as half were civilians. Israel lost 23 soldiers in Jenin.