With Operation "Bayit VeGan" (Home and Garden) in Jenin on its second day, the Israel Defense Forces spokesman, Brigadier General Daniel Hagari, noted in an interview with Israeli news service “Makor Rishon” certain IDF perspectives on the ongoing operation and its achievements thus far. Among other things, Hagari pointed out the rocket launchers found in Jenin and the ballistic capability that is developing in Judea and Samaria, an issue he says was spoken about with the Pentagon and Biden administration as well.

"We are talking about an initial experimental phase, in my opinion, they greatly enhanced the experiment of firing the rocket that was recorded on Tik Tok. All in all, it was an experiment of launching a rocket to a distance of 97 meters without explosives. Following the intensity of the event, we received calls from Washington asking to understand whether a new threat was deployed from Judah and Samaria."

Earlier today, @IDF and ISA forces located and targeted in Jenin a facility which contained hundreds of explosives, a pit containing weapons, 12 magazines and an M-4 rifle.

Here are some images👇: pic.twitter.com/a53vMr6UyY

— Israel ישראל 🇮🇱 (@Israel) July 3, 2023

The Jenin refugee camp has become a safe haven for Palestinian terrorists, where advanced weapons such as rockets, powerful explosives, and explosive drones are developed and from where attacks against Israeli civilians are carried out.

Watch:pic.twitter.com/t1HLU7Vq3A

— Israel in India (@IsraelinIndia) July 4, 2023

"It bothers us and we are following this development. In Gaza, we hit Tarek Al-Zadeen, who was personally responsible for the development of the rocket capabilities, and with the cooperation of the Shin Bet, we stopped the infrastructure that was active in the matter in Judea and Samaria. At the moment, the rocket fire from Judea and Samaria is not a phenomenon that is developing to significant extents, but it is one that worries us."

This was my first trip to #Jenin.
I went with my peace & conflict resolution initiative/American academia.
There were posters asking for suicide teens volunteers in exchange for $25000.
Jenin is a hotbed of extremism. The #PA with $$$$ dollars keeps it simmering. #Israel… pic.twitter.com/iZGCHLSwYd

— Anila Ali (@anilaali) July 3, 2023

As a lesson from the previous event [referring to IED explosions in Jenin in early June], on the first day of the operation, heavy engineering tools were in operation that scraped the roads where there was a fear of such charges. In response to a question from the reporters, Brigadier General Hagari referred to the pattern of the production of IEDs and explosives in Jenin, which the terrorist organizations do not try to hide: "We knew about the production of charges, but the experience two weeks ago, in which a Tiger vehicle came upon a charge buried under the asphalt, something we have not seen anywhere else In Judea and Samaria, that was a red light that this was a bigger event at a more advanced stage."

Below is an image of Jenin's 'refugee camp'.

This is what they are calling a refugee camp today! It is an insult to the millions of refugees actually suffering in tents or temporary accomodation around the world.

As usual the Palestinians are playing everyone for fools. pic.twitter.com/EjcXo3JdOa

— David Collier (@mishtal) July 3, 2023

"The operation in Jenin was planned for months and we waited for the right timing," continues Brigadier General Hagari. "The Tiger incident sharpened our interest in the charges. It is true that in retrospect it was an operational intelligence failure in the planning, but it made it clear to us the proper way of evaluating operations in the field and the need for a military operation."