Israeli FM signals no wider West Bank operation beyond Jenin

Reuters

3 July 2023 at 4:02 am

Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen talks during a news conference with Cyprus Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos and Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias at the Presidential Palace in Nicosia,

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Foreign Minister Eli Cohen on Monday signaled Israel was not intending to expand an operation in the Palestinian city Jenin to the entire occupied West Bank.

"Our goal is to focus on Jenin, and our goal is to focus only on the terrorists and their cells," Cohen told reporters in Jerusalem.

(Reporting by Maayan Lubell; Editing by Dan Williams)