Israel 's minister of defence announced on Wednesday that Israeli forces will remain in the Jenin refugee camp in occupied West Bank and in Syrian territory that it recently seized bordering the occupied Golan Heights.

Israeli troops who seized strategic ground in southern Syria after the fall of Bashar al-Assad will remain on the summit of Mount Hermon indefinitely, Defence Minister Israel Katz said on Tuesday after visiting troops there.

Syria's de facto leader Ahmed al-Sharaa was declared president for a transitional phase on Wednesday, tightening his hold on power less than two months after he led a campaign that toppled Bashar al-Assad.

Israeli security forces eliminated 15 Palestinian terrorists and arrested 40 wanted suspects in the Jenin refugee camp, the Israel Defense Forces and the Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) said on Monday as an ongoing counterterror operation neared the end of its first week.

IDF soldiers, including special operations, ISA, and Border Police personnel will operate in the coming days in the Jenin area.

At least 10 Palestinians have been killed and nearly 40 injured by Israeli forces during a major operation in the Jenin area in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian health ministry says.

At least seven Palestinians were killed and 35 others injured in a massive raid by the Israeli army into Jenin, expected to last a few days.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the assault on Jenin would be “extensive and significant,” as the military erected new checkpoints across the West Bank.

Israeli forces have intensified operations in the Jenin refugee camp, targeting Palestinian terrorists. Amid growing tensions, the IDF has dismantled explosives and confiscated weapons. Hamas reports casualties from drone strikes,

The Israeli military said on Tuesday it had launched an operation in the occupied West Bank's Jenin that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said aimed to "eradicate terrorism" in the area.The Palestinian health ministry,

A Palestinian official said hundreds of people began leaving their homes in a flashpoint area of the West Bank on Thursday as Israeli forces pressed a deadly operation there.The Israeli military launched this week a raid in the Jenin area,

A Palestinian official reported shooting and explosions in the flashpoint West Bank town of Jenin on Wednesday as Israeli forces pressed a raid that the military described as a "counterterrorism" operation.