The bullet-riddled buildings tell of the biggest street battles since the second intifada, and, on roads churned to mud, cars with blacked out windows circle intruders into the camp.
When the windows are rolled down for questioning, a glimpse into the footwells reveals a scattered armoury of assault rifles.
A series of Israeli military operations to clear the vast Jenin refugee camp, the West Bank stronghold of Palestinian Islamic Jihad and Hamas, have turned it into a “mini Gaza”, says Issam Nada, 56. “The Israelis claim there are terrorists here. But us innocent people feel like we are being punished.”
Israel launched its largest military operation in the occupied West Bank since the second intifada two decades ago at the end of last month,
