The maneuvering operations in Jenin in the last generation began even before Operation Defensive Shield, a series of operations called "Blunt Knife" began at the end of 2021, and their goal was to damage the terror infrastructure emanating from the city, with an emphasis on its refugee camp. Later on, the fighting in the city intensified and became one of the most famous of the Second Intifada, with an emphasis on the city as a perpetrator of attacks in the Afula and Haifa areas.

It should be remembered that the Jenin area was evacuated from IDF troops as early as 2005, with the disengagement that included the settlements of northern Samaria, Homesh, Ganim and Kadim, in addition to what took place in the Gaza Strip, but with a significant difference – Jenin was supposed to have full control of the Palestinian Authority, both civil and security.

In contrast to what happened in the Gaza Strip after the 2005 disengagement, it was actually more convenient for the PA to have security control in Jenin than in the Gaza Strip, where Hamas was under control, and with an emphasis on the violent coup that took place against PA members there in 2007…