Abbas slated to visit Jenin for first time in over a decade

By AFP 12 July 2023, 2:16 pm

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Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas speaks during a conference to support Jerusalem at the Arab League headquarters in Cairo, Egypt, February 12, 2023. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File)

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas is due to visit the northern West Bank city of Jenin today for the first time in over a decade, a week after the largest Israeli military operation there in years.

Twelve Palestinians — all of whom Israel says were combatants — and one Israeli soldier were killed in the two-day IDF raid on Jenin and its adjacent refugee camp.

Abbas is expected to visit the city as well as the adjacent refugee camp, along with the executive committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization. He is due to review “progress of work in the reconstruction of the camp and the city,” his office says in a statement.